VMware Player

How to uninstall VMware Player from your system

This web page contains thorough information on how to uninstall VMware Player for Windows. The Windows release was developed by VMware, Inc. Go over here for more info on VMware, Inc. Please open http://www.vmware.com if you want to read more on VMware Player on VMware, Inc's page. VMware Player is typically set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player folder, subject to the user's decision. C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware is the full command line if you want to remove VMware Player. vmplayer.exe is the VMware Player's main executable file and it takes about 3.93 MB (4118128 bytes) on disk.

VMware Player installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 65.70 MB (68890000 bytes) on disk.

• drvInst64.exe (433.61 KB)
• mkisofs.exe (421.70 KB)
• vixDiskMountServer.exe (408.11 KB)
• vmnat.exe (423.11 KB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (346.11 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (3.93 MB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (58.61 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (78.00 KB)
• vmware-remotemks-debug.exe (2.85 MB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (2.61 MB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (176.61 KB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (14.40 MB)
• vnetlib.exe (743.61 KB)
• vnetlib64.exe (895.11 KB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (340.61 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (326.11 KB)
• vprintproxy.exe (11.00 KB)
• zip.exe (290.61 KB)
• ovftool.exe (20.34 MB)
• storePwd.exe (68.61 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (588.11 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (202.61 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (202.61 KB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (15.71 MB)

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This data is about VMware Player version 4.0.3.29699 alone. You can find below a few links to other VMware Player releases:

• 5.0.1
• 4.0.6.35970
• 3.1.4.16648
• 7.1.1
• 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
• 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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VMware Player has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders left behind when you uninstall VMware Player:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\VMware\vmware-download-0A04\cdstmp_player-windows_4.0.3_703057
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\VMware\vmware-download-2764\cdstmp_player-windows_4.0.2_591240

Files remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\VMware Player.lnk

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

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\727E254E8B683324C83C14DF18A7AFFF
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\VMware_Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\Installer\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player

Supplementary values that are not removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\727E254E8B683324C83C14DF18A7AFFF\ProductName

A way to erase VMware Player with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is a program offered by the software company VMware, Inc. Frequently, people want to uninstall it. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because uninstalling this manually takes some knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best EASY manner to uninstall VMware Player is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





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

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications existing on the PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find VMware Player or simply activate the Search field and type in "VMware Player". If it is installed on your PC the VMware Player app will be found automatically. When you click VMware Player in the list of applications, the following data regarding the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding VMware Player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for VMware Player:

• The publisher is: http://www.vmware.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall VMware Player.


8. After uninstalling VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a 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 are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove VMware Player by VMware, Inc from your computer, 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 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.