VMware Player

A guide to uninstall VMware Player from your computer

This info is about VMware Player for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows version was developed by VMware, Inc.. More data about VMware, Inc. can be seen here. VMware Player's complete uninstall command line is MsiExec.exe /I{E452E727-86B8-4233-8CC3-41FD817AFAFF}. The program's main executable file occupies 2.61 MB (2736856 bytes) on disk and is titled vmplayer.exe.

The executables below are part of VMware Player. They take an average of 62.62 MB (65660360 bytes) on disk.

• mkisofs.exe (422.80 KB)
• vixDiskMountServer.exe (384.21 KB)
• vmnat.exe (427.71 KB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (350.71 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (2.61 MB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (34.71 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (85.21 KB)
• vmware-kvm.exe (622.21 KB)
• vmware-remotemks-debug.exe (4.90 MB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (4.63 MB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (186.21 KB)
• vmware-vmx-debug.exe (21.52 MB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (17.14 MB)
• vnetlib.exe (736.21 KB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (344.21 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (330.71 KB)
• vprintproxy.exe (18.71 KB)
• zip.exe (291.71 KB)
• ovftool.exe (6.63 MB)
• storePwd.exe (70.21 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (595.71 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (203.71 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (203.71 KB)

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This page is about VMware Player version 6.0.7 alone. For other VMware Player versions please click below:

• 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
• 14.1.3
• 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
• 15.0.0
• 2.0.5.3938

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VMware Player has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall VMware Player:

• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\VMware Player.lnk

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_CURRENT_UserName\Software\Microsoft\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{132A1BC6-DA72-43E2-87F3-6B19F89F78F3}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following registry values:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\TempPackages\C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{132A1BC6-DA72-43E2-87F3-6B19F89F78F3}\_generic.ico

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

VMware Player is a program marketed by VMware, Inc.. Frequently, users try to uninstall this application. Sometimes this can be efortful because removing this manually requires some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE action to uninstall VMware Player is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general tool to optimize your PC.

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• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs existing on your computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate VMware Player or simply click the Search field and type in "VMware Player". The VMware Player program will be found very quickly. After you click VMware Player in the list of programs, the following information about the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have about VMware Player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove VMware Player.


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

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove VMware Player by VMware, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that VMware Player by VMware, Inc. is not a good application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove VMware Player in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.