VMware Player

A guide to uninstall VMware Player from your system

VMware Player is a Windows application. Read more about how to uninstall it from your computer. It is written by VMware, Inc.. Further information on VMware, Inc. can be found here. vmplayer.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 1.50 MB (1574888 bytes) on disk.

VMware Player is comprised of the following executables which take 66.55 MB (69784528 bytes) on disk:

• 7za.exe (1.04 MB)
• drvInst64.exe (444.48 KB)
• mkisofs.exe (430.57 KB)
• vixDiskMountServer.exe (435.98 KB)
• vmnat.exe (391.48 KB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (357.98 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (1.50 MB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (34.71 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (97.48 KB)
• vmware-kvm.exe (655.48 KB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (5.08 MB)
• vmware-shell-ext-thunker.exe (90.48 KB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (197.98 KB)
• vnetlib.exe (914.98 KB)
• vnetlib64.exe (1.07 MB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (264.48 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (259.98 KB)
• vprintproxy.exe (26.48 KB)
• zip.exe (299.48 KB)
• ovftool.exe (6.71 MB)
• storePwd.exe (77.98 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (594.48 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (211.48 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (211.48 KB)
• vmware-vmx-debug.exe (25.27 MB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (20.02 MB)

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This page is about VMware Player version 12.5.5 alone. For more 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
• 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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Some files and registry entries are regularly left behind when you remove VMware Player.

Registry that is not cleaned:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\0FD28D5BF2CAF964E879956935491766
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{B5D82DF0-AC2F-469F-8E97-599653947166}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\0FD28D5BF2CAF964E879956935491766\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{B5D82DF0-AC2F-469F-8E97-599653947166}\

How to uninstall VMware Player with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is a program by the software company VMware, Inc.. Sometimes, people decide to erase it. This is difficult because doing this manually takes some knowledge related to PCs. One of the best SIMPLE way to erase 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 Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows system.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs existing on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find VMware Player or simply activate the Search feature and type in "VMware Player". The VMware Player program will be found automatically. After you click VMware Player in the list of applications, some data about the application is available to you:

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

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove VMware Player.


8. After uninstalling VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of VMware Player that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling VMware Player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove VMware Player by VMware, Inc. from your PC, nor are we 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. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.