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 made by VMware, Inc. More info about VMware, Inc can be found here. VMware Player is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player folder, but this location can differ a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the application. The full uninstall command line for VMware Player is C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Player\Uninstaller\\uninstall.exe. The program's main executable file is named vmplayer.exe and it has a size of 2.33 MB (2440896 bytes).

VMware Player installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 70.84 MB (74284240 bytes) on disk.

• 7za.exe (581.69 KB)
• drvInst64.exe (437.19 KB)
• mkisofs.exe (422.78 KB)
• vixDiskMountServer.exe (384.19 KB)
• vmnat.exe (428.19 KB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (350.69 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (2.33 MB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (34.71 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (85.69 KB)
• vmware-kvm.exe (645.19 KB)
• vmware-remotemks-debug.exe (5.09 MB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (4.76 MB)
• vmware-shell-ext-thunker.exe (82.19 KB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (189.69 KB)
• vnetlib.exe (736.69 KB)
• vnetlib64.exe (884.69 KB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (344.19 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (330.69 KB)
• vprintproxy.exe (18.69 KB)
• zip.exe (291.69 KB)
• ovftool.exe (6.63 MB)
• storePwd.exe (70.19 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (583.19 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (203.69 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (203.69 KB)
• vmware-vmx-debug.exe (25.02 MB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (19.87 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 7.1.1 of VMware Player. You can find below a few links to other VMware Player versions:

• 5.0.1
• 4.0.6.35970
• 3.1.4.16648
• 3.0.1.11056
• 5.0.4
• 4.0.4.30409
• 5.0.0
• 6.0.6
• 3.0.0.9563
• 6.0.2
• 7.1.2
• 6.0.1
• 4.0.5.30808
• 7.0.0
• 6.0.7
• 4.0.2.28060
• 3.1.0.12623
• 6.0.3
• 4.0.5.33341
• 6.0.5
• 7.1.3
• 3.1.5.19539
• 7.1.4
• 6.0.0
• 3.1.6.30422
• 4.0.0.18997
• 4.0.1.27038
• 4.0.3.29699
• 6.0.4
• 3.0.0.9911
• 3.1.2.14247
• 3.1.1.13618
• 5.0.2
• 7.1.0
• 3.1.3.14951
• 5.0.3

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Some files, folders and registry data can be left behind when you are trying to remove VMware Player from your PC.

Usually, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXb2876.12840\VMwareplayer16.2.5-(www.Patoghu.com)\VMware-player-full-16.2.5-20904516.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXb2876.48906\VMwareplayer16.2.5-(www.Patoghu.com)\VMware-player-full-16.2.5-20904516.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\VMware\player.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\VMware Player.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\VMware-player-7.1.1-2771112-[www.Patoghu.com].rar.lnk

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

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\727E254E8B683324C83C14DF18A7AFFF
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player

Open regedit.exe to delete the values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\727E254E8B683324C83C14DF18A7AFFF\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{C8843C8B-92BF-49F3-A62C-6910CC2115D7}\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\TempPackages\C:\Windows\Installer\{C8843C8B-92BF-49F3-A62C-6910CC2115D7}\_generic.ico

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

VMware Player is a program marketed by the software company VMware, Inc. Frequently, users want to uninstall it. This can be difficult because removing this by hand requires some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK manner to uninstall 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 PC, add 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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• visit Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate VMware Player or simply activate the Search feature and type in "VMware Player". If it is installed on your PC the VMware Player application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select VMware Player in the list of applications, some information about the application is shown to you:

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

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


8. After removing VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong 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 folders are left behind on your PC.

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

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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 application for your PC. 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 stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.