VMware Player

A guide to uninstall VMware Player from your computer

You can find below detailed information on how to remove VMware Player for Windows. The Windows version was created by VMware, Inc.. You can find out more on VMware, Inc. or check for application updates here. vmplayer.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 1.52 MB (1595320 bytes) on disk.

VMware Player is composed of the following executables which take 63.55 MB (66640632 bytes) on disk:

• 7za.exe (1.04 MB)
• drvInst64.exe (480.93 KB)
• mkisofs.exe (430.52 KB)
• vixDiskMountServer.exe (436.43 KB)
• vmnat.exe (392.93 KB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (357.93 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (1.52 MB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (44.98 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (93.93 KB)
• vmware-kvm.exe (617.93 KB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (4.72 MB)
• vmware-shell-ext-thunker.exe (86.93 KB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (196.43 KB)
• vnetlib.exe (930.93 KB)
• vnetlib64.exe (1.06 MB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (265.93 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (261.43 KB)
• vprintproxy.exe (25.93 KB)
• zip.exe (299.43 KB)
• ovftool.exe (4.80 MB)
• storePwd.exe (77.93 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (663.43 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (211.43 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (211.43 KB)
• tpm2emu.exe (1,001.43 KB)
• vmware-vmx-debug.exe (23.92 MB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (19.57 MB)

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This data is about VMware Player version 14.1.3 only. You can find below a few links to other VMware Player versions:

• 3.0.0.9911
• 15.5.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 2.0.0.45731
• 14.1.8
• 14.0.0
• 12.5.2
• 3.1.4.16648
• 2.5.2.7026
• 15.0.3
• 16.2.5
• 2.0.4.2658
• 12.5.9
• 16.2.2
• 4.0.2.28060
• 12.5.0
• 2.5.1.5078
• 17.6.2
• 14.1.2
• 17.5.0
• 2.5.0.4558
• 6.0.3
• 12.5.5
• 14.1.6
• 12.5.6
• 12.5.1
• 16.1.0
• 17.5.1
• 6.0.4
• 16.0.0
• 12.1.1
• 15.1.0
• 12.1.0
• 2.5.3.8888
• 16.1.1
• 4.0.6.35970
• 5.0.1
• 15.5.5
• 14.1.1
• 12.5.3
• 17.6.0
• 15.5.2
• 4.0.0.18997
• 15.5.1
• 5.0.2
• 15.0.1
• 14.1.4
• 12.0.1
• 3.1.2.14247
• 14.1.5
• 16.2.1
• 16.1.2
• 12.5.8
• 16.2.4
• 14.1.0
• 4.0.4.30409
• 17.0.2
• 2.5.4.11892
• 17.5.2
• 17.6.1
• 4.0.5.33341
• 2.0.3.1613
• 3.1.3.14951
• 15.5.6
• 6.0.0
• 12.5.4
• 4.0.3.29699
• 14.1.7
• 17.0.0
• 3.1.6.30422
• 3.1.5.19539
• 15.0.4
• 15.0.2
• 15.5.7
• 6.0.5
• 2.0.2.59824
• 16.2.3
• 12.0.0
• 17.0.1
• 12.5.7
• 2.5.5.15075
• 16.2.0
• 6.0.7
• 15.0.0
• 2.0.5.3938

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Part_A few of these are shown below.

The files below remain on your disk when you remove VMware Player:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\VMware\player.log

Usually the following registry data will not be uninstalled:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\6C43537F84B37E04E98D3C6EFF96F3FF
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{F73534C6-3B48-40E7-9ED8-C3E6FF693FFF}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player

Additional registry values that are not removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\6C43537F84B37E04E98D3C6EFF96F3FF\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{F73534C6-3B48-40E7-9ED8-C3E6FF693FFF}\

A way to uninstall VMware Player from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is a program by the software company VMware, Inc.. Some users try to remove this application. This can be hard because uninstalling this manually takes some knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK action to remove VMware Player is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around utility to clean your Windows system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs existing on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate VMware Player or simply activate the Search field and type in "VMware Player". The VMware Player application will be found automatically. Notice that after you click VMware Player in the list , the following information regarding the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding VMware Player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall VMware Player.


8. After removing VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of VMware Player which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling VMware Player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall VMware Player by VMware, Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that VMware Player by VMware, Inc. is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall VMware Player supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.