VMware Player

A guide to uninstall VMware Player from your computer

This page contains detailed information on how to remove VMware Player for Windows. It is developed by VMware, Inc. Go over here where you can read more on VMware, Inc. You can read more about about VMware Player at http://www.vmware.com. Usually the VMware Player application is found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player directory, depending on the user's option during setup. You can remove VMware Player by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware. Note that you might get a notification for administrator rights. vmware-authd.exe is the VMware Player's main executable file and it occupies approximately 78.00 KB (79872 bytes) on disk.

VMware Player installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 65.69 MB (68884880 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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The information on this page is only about version 4.0.1.27038 of VMware Player. You can find here a few links to 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
• 4.0.3.29699
• 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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Numerous files, folders and Windows registry entries can be left behind when you want to remove VMware Player from your computer.

Directories that were found:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player

The files below were left behind on your disk when you remove VMware Player:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\adjperm.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
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• 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-155E221E-1157-4EE7-8811-CA7EC9667034.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
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• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-291EA0CB-D11F-456C-9A3C-F1D69BEA6B0E.html
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• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-81932397-8211-499E-925E-98FC73428636.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-82E79E50-3073-4081-9FE6-0927076EA0AD.html
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• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-9AC1C866-59E1-4AB3-BEB3-5A3141525036.html
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• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-A2491004-1C67-4E14-B47B-807E20C19108.html
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• 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.1.107.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

Registry keys:

• 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

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\vmplayer.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\vmplayer.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\727E254E8B683324C83C14DF18A7AFFF\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMAuthdService\ImagePath

How to delete VMware Player from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is an application by the software company VMware, Inc. Some people want to erase it. This is efortful because performing this manually requires some skill regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE procedure to erase 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 on your PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around utility to clean your PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications installed on the PC will be made available 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 app will be found automatically. After you select VMware Player in the list of applications, the following information about the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about VMware Player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for VMware Player:

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

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove VMware Player.


8. After uninstalling VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with 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 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your PC 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, we are not saying that VMware Player by VMware, Inc is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed info 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 our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.