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A way to uninstall VMware Player from your PC

This web page is about VMware Player for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. It is produced by VMware, Inc. You can find out more on VMware, Inc or check for application updates here. More data about the application VMware Player can be found at . The application is usually installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player directory. Take into account that this location can differ being determined by the user's decision. You can uninstall VMware Player by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for admin rights. The program's main executable file is labeled vmplayer.exe and occupies 3.93 MB (4118168 bytes).

The following executables are incorporated in VMware Player. They occupy 65.71 MB (68899544 bytes) on disk.

  • drvInst64.exe (433.65 KB)
  • mkisofs.exe (421.74 KB)
  • vixDiskMountServer.exe (408.15 KB)
  • vmnat.exe (423.65 KB)
  • VMnetDHCP.exe (346.15 KB)
  • vmplayer.exe (3.93 MB)
  • vmUpdateLauncher.exe (58.65 KB)
  • vmware-authd.exe (78.00 KB)
  • vmware-remotemks-debug.exe (2.85 MB)
  • vmware-remotemks.exe (2.61 MB)
  • vmware-unity-helper.exe (176.65 KB)
  • vmware-vmx.exe (14.40 MB)
  • vnetlib.exe (743.65 KB)
  • vnetlib64.exe (896.15 KB)
  • vnetsniffer.exe (340.65 KB)
  • vnetstats.exe (326.15 KB)
  • vprintproxy.exe (11.00 KB)
  • zip.exe (290.65 KB)
  • ovftool.exe (20.34 MB)
  • storePwd.exe (68.65 KB)
  • VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (587.65 KB)
  • VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (202.65 KB)
  • VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (202.65 KB)
  • vmware-vmx.exe (15.71 MB)
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This page is about VMware Player version 4.0.4.30409 alone. You can find below info on other releases of VMware Player:

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When planning to uninstall VMware Player you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories that were left behind:
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player

Generally, the following files remain on disk:
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\adjperm.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\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_win\caution_small.png
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\css\GUID-B736FF36-E483-45ED-AC5B-AEAE1E80B0DA.css
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\css\webworks.css
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-012378D8-A995-4B78-AAD3-5A4223C4093E.html
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-03C01EDE-FC56-4721-AD1C-47AF401DF210.html
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-073AC88A-BDCD-45ED-B814-ABC2EEB19580.html
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-08BB8EBB-56A5-47C0-8467-31FA0BFAAD6A.html
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-08BB9465-D40A-4E16-9E15-8C016CC8166F.html
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-0C23FCBF-F0CC-447B-A08E-35B90C52091E.html
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-0E8D0627-45E3-4845-A635-CC19C4DD230F.html
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-0F9C34F0-9869-44A8-BD63-CD96B72E1B81.html
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  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-155E221E-1157-4EE7-8811-CA7EC9667034.html
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  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-15BBACE2-44DA-41A3-8355-D2BA8CA4549D.html
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  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-C6066CB0-33EA-4652-9AB3-0324080DCBEE.html
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-C70F2B15-66F1-4EC9-BAA5-CE5FBD885AF8.html
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-C78B6B4E-A3F0-42B2-80E8-11EBE8086DE8.html
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-C82DCB68-2EFA-460A-A765-37225883337D.html
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-CC791418-B30C-487D-8F57-E7E855B61549.html
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-CFBC64DD-E9BE-42E2-9462-453A13AB8442.html
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  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-D7E859A1-AD77-41A0-9B20-8B15744056E1.html

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:
  • 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 to remove the registry 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:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMAuthdService\ImagePath


A way to erase VMware Player from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is an application by VMware, Inc. Some people decide to uninstall this application. This is troublesome because deleting this by hand takes some know-how related to PCs. One of the best EASY practice 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 already installed on your Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful program.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs installed on the PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate VMware Player or simply click the Search field and type in "VMware Player". If it exists on your system the VMware Player application will be found automatically. Notice that after you select VMware Player in the list of applications, the following information about the application is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about VMware Player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the program you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
For example you can see that for VMware Player:





  • The web site of the program is: http://www.vmware.com
  • The uninstall string is: C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove VMware Player.
Uninstall VMware Player


8. After uninstalling VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click 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 removing VMware Player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

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Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • 10.0
  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
  • Windows Vista (6.0)
  • Windows XP (5.1)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice 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 computer. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove VMware Player supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2016-06-20 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-20 08:24:18.540