VMware Player

A way to uninstall VMware Player from your computer

VMware Player is a Windows application. Read more about how to uninstall it from your computer. It is written by VMware, Inc. Check out here where you can get more info on VMware, Inc. Click on http://www.vmware.com to get more details about VMware Player on VMware, Inc's website. The program is frequently placed in the C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player folder. Keep in mind that this path can vary being determined by the user's decision. The entire uninstall command line for VMware Player is C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Player\Uninstaller\uninstall.exe -x. The program's main executable file occupies 3.95 MB (4143664 bytes) on disk and is called vmplayer.exe.

The executable files below are part of VMware Player. They take about 27.99 MB (29351424 bytes) on disk.

• farexec-service.exe (582.55 KB)
• hqtray.exe (62.55 KB)
• mkisofs.exe (421.64 KB)
• unzip.exe (170.55 KB)
• vixDiskMountServer.exe (66.55 KB)
• vmnat.exe (386.55 KB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (326.55 KB)
• vmplayer-service.exe (74.55 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (3.95 MB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (70.55 KB)
• vmware-acetool.exe (35.55 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (110.55 KB)
• vmware-remotemks-debug.exe (2.10 MB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (1.93 MB)
• vmware-ufad.exe (186.55 KB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (154.55 KB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (13.88 MB)
• vnetlib.exe (686.55 KB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (322.55 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (306.55 KB)
• vprintproxy.exe (10.00 KB)
• vssSnapVista64.exe (19.55 KB)
• zip.exe (138.55 KB)
• bootrun.exe (178.55 KB)
• customize.exe (314.55 KB)
• deployPkg.exe (74.55 KB)
• guestcustutil.exe (486.55 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (474.55 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (202.55 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (202.55 KB)
• upgrader.exe (202.55 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 3.0.1.11056 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
• 7.1.1
• 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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When planning to uninstall VMware Player you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\adjperm.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\amqp.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\elevated.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\EULA.jp.rtf
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\EULA.rtf
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\EULA.zh_CN.rtf
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\glib-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\glibmm-2.4.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\gmodule-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\gobject-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\gthread-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\gvmomi.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\caution_small.png
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\crawler-index.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\css\GUID-B736FF36-E483-45ED-AC5B-AEAE1E80B0DA.css
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\css\webworks.css
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-012378D8-A995-4B78-AAD3-5A4223C4093E.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-03C01EDE-FC56-4721-AD1C-47AF401DF210.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-073AC88A-BDCD-45ED-B814-ABC2EEB19580.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-08BB8EBB-56A5-47C0-8467-31FA0BFAAD6A.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-08BB9465-D40A-4E16-9E15-8C016CC8166F.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-0C23FCBF-F0CC-447B-A08E-35B90C52091E.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-0E8D0627-45E3-4845-A635-CC19C4DD230F.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-0E980DDB-5050-4109-A9BC-596572ED722D.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-0F9C34F0-9869-44A8-BD63-CD96B72E1B81.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-1109A03F-3BD3-4292-AEF6-D943445519B5.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-111F7A5A-A46D-4ECF-9B22-CD8D756F9FFF.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-13804128-3436-422C-80EC-A1697EF75C17.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-15632A58-9EB1-4D9B-9F0D-42C4136E2832.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-15BBACE2-44DA-41A3-8355-D2BA8CA4549D.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-16FBB720-2D65-40C9-989C-6809629BAABB.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-185E246A-8460-476E-B4D2-956CA8E9BEA1.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-2259F241-B5A6-4856-8657-139A88E57B95.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-237CCEC5-83F7-484F-A349-BF23C32B8F3C.html
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• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-291EA0CB-D11F-456C-9A3C-F1D69BEA6B0E.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-29FEE90F-FD7B-44BD-8B52-10C2474CE0AE.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-2A1F74A4-A5F3-4090-9A45-396D6D407CE5.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-2F6C8962-3E2C-49B3-8441-487D7C9E9380.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-3140DF1F-A105-4EED-B9E8-D99B3D3F0447.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-3174F104-A1B0-4845-B967-4C7CE0E47694.html
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• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-391BE4BF-89A9-4DC3-85E7-3D45F5124BC7.html
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• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-3D812FA7-0CED-408E-B4B1-72A7B5F291EC.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-3F6B9D0E-6CFC-4627-B80B-9A68A5960F60.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-3F94C7B5-19A5-4E91-9709-B17FAA93FF75.html
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• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-614D3F69-C022-45EF-BE55-6C822C5FA7B3.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-6291BB29-A3B7-462E-ABB9-B711F2F3A402.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-634F363E-CF25-4F3A-B021-2EF4BC989D07.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-6B97792A-41D7-4787-9341-651BA5000425.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-6DD39513-FA28-4F2E-B50C-0DB6D8E6FE65.html
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• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-7DAD8EC0-0403-4152-86ED-99700F6C02B8.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-81932397-8211-499E-925E-98FC73428636.html
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• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-845C34CF-3CAE-4EA9-BA95-2727010963C4.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-852EBDB6-EA76-4D1C-9F49-FD3A315E3B17.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-896E61F5-0865-4D3B-975E-DE476AFC7168.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-8B1431E2-5E72-4B85-80BA-43B8875AB090.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-8C477788-7700-4030-8C4A-039C02AABB74.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-95232C52-C5A8-471B-A6A1-C7323A97FECA.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-983966AF-15B9-4AB9-BD27-CC89FD7BC690.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-9A1EC217-58F6-4E97-BF50-1C5581B9C55A.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-9A4F4019-CEEA-4BB6-9345-5B4A20D7A4BF.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-9AC1C866-59E1-4AB3-BEB3-5A3141525036.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-9E9150EC-BB35-4B28-A9F5-36F63C53E8DA.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-A2491004-1C67-4E14-B47B-807E20C19108.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-A419887C-ABCB-4923-B9BA-773302E858F5.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-A5F10755-6501-4AB4-9C71-F6482073B10A.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-A6792F54-2734-4AF4-9473-C8B9AD8321AF.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-A6D5BFF7-13AB-4141-B433-93D200D0F907.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-A7C425AD-13EF-4CEA-8023-5B3DC0C25E68.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-A8F1A7C7-3CD0-4C19-B7F5-9CDD642AEC04.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-A93BA99A-E182-478F-A5EF-470F31BAA1EE.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-AB5C80FE-9B8A-4899-8186-3DB8201B1758.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-B0A2A7C1-6405-4F05-BA57-E09F22D87FBE.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-B0F79988-D4DE-4BED-A7B5-57405BDABB41.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-B29FC544-B15F-4E94-882A-B383C88B5A85.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-B736FF36-E483-45ED-AC5B-AEAE1E80B0DA.1.107.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-BBB8290A-F7BA-4BAA-B97F-343FF062C88C.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-BD914064-D20D-4032-9373-88F4DA7AE7C6.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-C46FF1E8-D30E-46A3-ACF7-98F0CCAD52F7.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-C6066CB0-33EA-4652-9AB3-0324080DCBEE.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-C70F2B15-66F1-4EC9-BAA5-CE5FBD885AF8.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-C78B6B4E-A3F0-42B2-80E8-11EBE8086DE8.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-C82DCB68-2EFA-460A-A765-37225883337D.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-CC791418-B30C-487D-8F57-E7E855B61549.html
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-CFBC64DD-E9BE-42E2-9462-453A13AB8442.html

Registry that is not removed:

• 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

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\vmplayer.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\vmplayer.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\727E254E8B683324C83C14DF18A7AFFF\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMAuthdService\ImagePath

How to erase VMware Player from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is an application offered by the software company VMware, Inc. Frequently, users want to remove this application. Sometimes this is troublesome because uninstalling this manually takes some experience regarding PCs. One of the best SIMPLE practice to remove 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, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to take care of your PC.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs installed on your PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate VMware Player or simply click the Search feature and type in "VMware Player". The VMware Player app will be found automatically. After you select VMware Player in the list of programs, the following data regarding the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding VMware Player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you want to remove, by pressing 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 Player\Uninstaller\uninstall.exe -x

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


8. After removing VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong VMware Player which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling VMware Player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove VMware Player by VMware, Inc from your computer, we are not saying that VMware Player by VMware, Inc is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove VMware Player in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.