VMware Player

A guide to uninstall VMware Player from your computer

This web page contains thorough information on how to remove VMware Player for Windows. It is produced by VMware, Inc.. More information on VMware, Inc. can be found here. More details about VMware Player can be seen at http://www.vmware.com. The program is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player folder. Keep in mind that this path can differ depending on the user's choice. You can uninstall VMware Player by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /I{E452E727-86B8-4233-8CC3-41FD817AFAFF}. Keep in mind that you might receive a notification for admin rights. vmware-authd.exe is the programs's main file and it takes approximately 78.00 KB (79872 bytes) on disk.

VMware Player contains of the executables below. They take 78.00 KB (79872 bytes) on disk.

• vmware-authd.exe (78.00 KB)

This page is about VMware Player version 4.0.2.28060 only. Click on the links below for 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
• 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
• 6.0.7
• 15.0.0
• 2.0.5.3938

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Quite a few files, folders and registry data can not be uninstalled when you remove VMware Player from your computer.

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player

How to remove VMware Player from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is an application released by VMware, Inc.. Frequently, computer users decide to remove it. Sometimes this can be troublesome because deleting this by hand requires some experience regarding PCs. The best QUICK procedure 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 on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to clean your Windows PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications existing on your PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find VMware Player or simply activate the Search field and type in "VMware Player". The VMware Player application will be found automatically. After you click VMware Player in the list of programs, the following data about the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about VMware Player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for VMware Player:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.vmware.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{E452E727-86B8-4233-8CC3-41FD817AFAFF}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall VMware Player.


8. After uninstalling VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to start 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 uninstalling VMware Player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice 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 text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove VMware Player in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.