VMware Player

A way to uninstall VMware Player from your PC

VMware Player is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by VMware, Inc. Take a look here where you can get more info on VMware, Inc. The application is frequently located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player folder. Take into account that this path can differ depending on the user's decision. You can remove VMware Player by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Player\Uninstaller\\uninstall.exe. Note that you might be prompted for admin rights. The program's main executable file occupies 2.57 MB (2692176 bytes) on disk and is called vmplayer.exe.

The executable files below are installed together with VMware Player. They take about 51.17 MB (53654056 bytes) on disk.

• drvInst64.exe (437.58 KB)
• mkisofs.exe (422.17 KB)
• vixDiskMountServer.exe (408.58 KB)
• vmnat.exe (426.08 KB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (349.08 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (2.57 MB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (59.08 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (85.08 KB)
• vmware-remotemks-debug.exe (2.97 MB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (2.74 MB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (184.08 KB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (14.64 MB)
• vnetlib.exe (739.58 KB)
• vnetlib64.exe (887.58 KB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (343.58 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (330.58 KB)
• vprintproxy.exe (18.08 KB)
• zip.exe (291.08 KB)
• ovftool.exe (6.32 MB)
• storePwd.exe (69.08 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (586.08 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (203.08 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (203.08 KB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (16.02 MB)

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The current page applies to VMware Player version 5.0.2 only. Click on the links below for other VMware Player versions:

• 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
• 4.0.3.29699
• 6.0.4
• 3.0.0.9911
• 3.1.2.14247
• 3.1.1.13618
• 7.1.0
• 3.1.3.14951
• 5.0.3

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Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you remove VMware Player.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\VMware\vmware-download-19B0\cdstmp_player-windows_5.0.1_894247
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\VMware\vmware-download-6D4C\cdstmp_player-windows_5.0.2_1031769

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\adjperm.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\amqp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\drvInst64.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\elevated.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\EULA.jp.rtf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\EULA.rtf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\glib-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\glibmm-2.4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\gmodule-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\gobject-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\gthread-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\gvmomi.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\caution_small.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\css\GUID-B736FF36-E483-45ED-AC5B-AEAE1E80B0DA.css
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\css\webworks.css
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-012378D8-A995-4B78-AAD3-5A4223C4093E.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-03C01EDE-FC56-4721-AD1C-47AF401DF210.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-073AC88A-BDCD-45ED-B814-ABC2EEB19580.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-08BB8EBB-56A5-47C0-8467-31FA0BFAAD6A.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-08BB9465-D40A-4E16-9E15-8C016CC8166F.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-0C23FCBF-F0CC-447B-A08E-35B90C52091E.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-0E8D0627-45E3-4845-A635-CC19C4DD230F.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-0F9C34F0-9869-44A8-BD63-CD96B72E1B81.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-1109A03F-3BD3-4292-AEF6-D943445519B5.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-111F7A5A-A46D-4ECF-9B22-CD8D756F9FFF.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-13804128-3436-422C-80EC-A1697EF75C17.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-15632A58-9EB1-4D9B-9F0D-42C4136E2832.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-15BBACE2-44DA-41A3-8355-D2BA8CA4549D.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-16FBB720-2D65-40C9-989C-6809629BAABB.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-185E246A-8460-476E-B4D2-956CA8E9BEA1.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-2259F241-B5A6-4856-8657-139A88E57B95.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-237CCEC5-83F7-484F-A349-BF23C32B8F3C.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-24DD2187-AA37-4D14-A5F8-32D31648E0C4.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-291EA0CB-D11F-456C-9A3C-F1D69BEA6B0E.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-29FEE90F-FD7B-44BD-8B52-10C2474CE0AE.html
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• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-3174F104-A1B0-4845-B967-4C7CE0E47694.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-33C56F64-0274-45D2-B543-626BD4B5841D.html
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• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-391BE4BF-89A9-4DC3-85E7-3D45F5124BC7.html
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• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-614D3F69-C022-45EF-BE55-6C822C5FA7B3.html
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• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-6B97792A-41D7-4787-9341-651BA5000425.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-6DD39513-FA28-4F2E-B50C-0DB6D8E6FE65.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-6F261E98-8F81-490D-A904-DE675EE2E130.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-6F7BE33A-3B8A-4C57-9C35-656CE05BE22D.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-7DAD8EC0-0403-4152-86ED-99700F6C02B8.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-81932397-8211-499E-925E-98FC73428636.html
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• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-852EBDB6-EA76-4D1C-9F49-FD3A315E3B17.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-896E61F5-0865-4D3B-975E-DE476AFC7168.html
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• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-9A1EC217-58F6-4E97-BF50-1C5581B9C55A.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-9A4F4019-CEEA-4BB6-9345-5B4A20D7A4BF.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-9AC1C866-59E1-4AB3-BEB3-5A3141525036.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-9E9150EC-BB35-4B28-A9F5-36F63C53E8DA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-A2491004-1C67-4E14-B47B-807E20C19108.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-A419887C-ABCB-4923-B9BA-773302E858F5.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-A5F10755-6501-4AB4-9C71-F6482073B10A.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-A6792F54-2734-4AF4-9473-C8B9AD8321AF.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-A6D5BFF7-13AB-4141-B433-93D200D0F907.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-A7C425AD-13EF-4CEA-8023-5B3DC0C25E68.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-A8F1A7C7-3CD0-4C19-B7F5-9CDD642AEC04.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-A93BA99A-E182-478F-A5EF-470F31BAA1EE.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-AB5C80FE-9B8A-4899-8186-3DB8201B1758.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-B0A2A7C1-6405-4F05-BA57-E09F22D87FBE.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-B0F79988-D4DE-4BED-A7B5-57405BDABB41.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-B29FC544-B15F-4E94-882A-B383C88B5A85.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-B736FF36-E483-45ED-AC5B-AEAE1E80B0DA.1.106.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-BBB8290A-F7BA-4BAA-B97F-343FF062C88C.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-BD914064-D20D-4032-9373-88F4DA7AE7C6.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-C46FF1E8-D30E-46A3-ACF7-98F0CCAD52F7.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-C6066CB0-33EA-4652-9AB3-0324080DCBEE.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-C70F2B15-66F1-4EC9-BAA5-CE5FBD885AF8.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-C78B6B4E-A3F0-42B2-80E8-11EBE8086DE8.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-C82DCB68-2EFA-460A-A765-37225883337D.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-CC791418-B30C-487D-8F57-E7E855B61549.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-CFBC64DD-E9BE-42E2-9462-453A13AB8442.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-D6D9A5FD-7F5F-4C95-AFAB-EDE9335F5562.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-D6E6E770-2D4A-4D8A-B08F-D71EA2D6A8B6.html

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

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Player
• 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

Additional values that you should remove:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\727E254E8B683324C83C14DF18A7AFFF\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMAuthdService\ImagePath

How to delete VMware Player from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is a program released by the software company VMware, Inc. Sometimes, users decide to uninstall it. This is efortful because deleting this by hand takes some know-how related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE action to uninstall 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 system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your Windows computer.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs existing on your computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find VMware Player or simply activate the Search field and type in "VMware Player". If it exists on your system the VMware Player app will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click VMware Player in the list , the following data about the program is made available to you:

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

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove 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 asked if you want to delete them. By removing VMware Player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall VMware Player by VMware, Inc from your computer, we are not 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 in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.