VMware Workstation

A way to uninstall VMware Workstation from your system

You can find below detailed information on how to remove VMware Workstation for Windows. It is developed by VMware, Inc. More data about VMware, Inc can be found here. You can get more details about VMware Workstation at http://www.vmware.com. The program is usually placed in the C:\\Program Files (x86)\\VMware\\VMware Workstation folder. Keep in mind that this location can vary being determined by the user's decision. You can uninstall VMware Workstation by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for administrator rights. VMware Workstation's main file takes about 2.00 MB (2101328 bytes) and its name is vmware.exe.

VMware Workstation contains of the executables below. They occupy 275.21 MB (288582448 bytes) on disk.

• drvInst64.exe (434.58 KB)
• mkisofs.exe (422.17 KB)
• openssl.exe (314.50 KB)
• vixDiskMountServer.exe (408.58 KB)
• vmnat.exe (424.08 KB)
• vmnetcfg.exe (5.37 MB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (346.58 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (3.93 MB)
• vmrun.exe (501.08 KB)
• vmss2core.exe (577.58 KB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (59.08 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (77.50 KB)
• vmware-hostd.exe (11.29 MB)
• vmware-remotemks-debug.exe (2.85 MB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (2.61 MB)
• vmware-tray.exe (101.58 KB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (177.08 KB)
• vmware-vdiskmanager.exe (1.14 MB)
• vmware-vmx-debug.exe (18.29 MB)
• vmware-vmx-stats.exe (16.86 MB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (14.41 MB)
• vmware.exe (2.00 MB)
• vnetlib.exe (744.08 KB)
• vnetlib64.exe (896.58 KB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (341.08 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (326.58 KB)
• vprintproxy.exe (11.00 KB)
• zip.exe (291.08 KB)
• ovftool.exe (8.67 MB)
• VMware-Converter-all.exe (126.69 MB)
• storePwd.exe (69.08 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (588.58 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (203.08 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (203.08 KB)
• vmware-vmx-debug.exe (19.86 MB)
• vmware-vmx-stats.exe (18.19 MB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (15.72 MB)

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This data is about VMware Workstation version 8.0.6.35970 only. For other VMware Workstation versions please click below:

• 8.0.2.28060
• 10.0.5
• 8.0.4.30409
• 9.0.2
• 11.1.3
• 9.0.1
• 10.0.4
• 7.1.5.19539
• 9.0.0
• 10.0.6
• 11.1.1
• 7.1.0.12398
• 7.1.6.30422
• 8.0.5.33341
• 7.1.0.12300
• 8.0.0
• 7.1.2.14247
• 7.1.3.14951
• 11.1.4
• 11.1.0
• 7.1.0.12623
• 7.0.0.8898
• 8.0.1.27038
• 11.1.2
• 10.0.0
• 10.0.7
• 8.0.0.18997
• 7.0.1.11056
• 7.0.0.7907
• 9.0.3
• 10.0.1
• 10.0.2
• 7.1.4.16648
• 7.1.1.13618
• 8.0.3.29699
• 9.0.4
• 7.0.0.9563
• 8.0.0.17962
• 7.0.0.9911
• 11.0.0
• 10.0.3

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Quite a few files, folders and Windows registry entries can not be deleted when you are trying to remove VMware Workstation from your computer.

Directories that were found:

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

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\adjperm.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\diskLibWrapper.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\dispatcher.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\drvInst64.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\elevated.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\provisioningPolicy.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw3.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw4.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw6.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw7.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw8.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw3.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw4.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw6.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw7.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw8.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\environments.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\EULA.jp.rtf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\EULA.rtf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\freebsd.iso
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\glib-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\glibmm-2.4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\gmodule-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\gobject-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\gthread-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\gvmomi.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\caution_small.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\css\GUID-B736FF36-E483-45ED-AC5B-AEAE1E80B0DA.css
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\css\webworks.css
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-012378D8-A995-4B78-AAD3-5A4223C4093E.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-03C01EDE-FC56-4721-AD1C-47AF401DF210.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-073AC88A-BDCD-45ED-B814-ABC2EEB19580.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-08BB8EBB-56A5-47C0-8467-31FA0BFAAD6A.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-08BB9465-D40A-4E16-9E15-8C016CC8166F.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-0C23FCBF-F0CC-447B-A08E-35B90C52091E.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-0E8D0627-45E3-4845-A635-CC19C4DD230F.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-0F9C34F0-9869-44A8-BD63-CD96B72E1B81.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-1109A03F-3BD3-4292-AEF6-D943445519B5.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-111F7A5A-A46D-4ECF-9B22-CD8D756F9FFF.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-13804128-3436-422C-80EC-A1697EF75C17.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-155E221E-1157-4EE7-8811-CA7EC9667034.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-15632A58-9EB1-4D9B-9F0D-42C4136E2832.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-15BBACE2-44DA-41A3-8355-D2BA8CA4549D.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-16FBB720-2D65-40C9-989C-6809629BAABB.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-185E246A-8460-476E-B4D2-956CA8E9BEA1.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-2259F241-B5A6-4856-8657-139A88E57B95.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-237CCEC5-83F7-484F-A349-BF23C32B8F3C.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-24DD2187-AA37-4D14-A5F8-32D31648E0C4.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-291EA0CB-D11F-456C-9A3C-F1D69BEA6B0E.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-29FEE90F-FD7B-44BD-8B52-10C2474CE0AE.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-2A1F74A4-A5F3-4090-9A45-396D6D407CE5.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-2F6C8962-3E2C-49B3-8441-487D7C9E9380.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-3140DF1F-A105-4EED-B9E8-D99B3D3F0447.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-3174F104-A1B0-4845-B967-4C7CE0E47694.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-33C56F64-0274-45D2-B543-626BD4B5841D.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-37EA4A9D-DE43-4159-8982-2DFD9D5959AD.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-391BE4BF-89A9-4DC3-85E7-3D45F5124BC7.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-3B46D3FF-AACF-4495-9A8B-052315247E51.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-3D56BF46-5980-48F1-AB47-CC0CDB814D8B.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-3D5F9B19-08FF-4169-9572-39C46BA0C12F.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-3D812FA7-0CED-408E-B4B1-72A7B5F291EC.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-3F6B9D0E-6CFC-4627-B80B-9A68A5960F60.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-3F94C7B5-19A5-4E91-9709-B17FAA93FF75.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-489559B5-7C16-4C05-94BC-890AA7353A0E.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-51E3DE96-9D21-4655-A7BE-B491789CDC51.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-522EA802-03C9-4891-A100-FF6237898C00.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-5792C64D-5C01-42DD-9036-0F80FB0F3FD8.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-59676FB4-4EA8-4C2D-812D-05008B8CCA50.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-5B49A956-A202-48D2-8832-7F0B24F4DFED.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-5FC42BAD-0AAC-4EAF-8AD9-A41408ECF9BC.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-614D3F69-C022-45EF-BE55-6C822C5FA7B3.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-6291BB29-A3B7-462E-ABB9-B711F2F3A402.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-634F363E-CF25-4F3A-B021-2EF4BC989D07.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-6B97792A-41D7-4787-9341-651BA5000425.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-6DD39513-FA28-4F2E-B50C-0DB6D8E6FE65.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-6F261E98-8F81-490D-A904-DE675EE2E130.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-6F7BE33A-3B8A-4C57-9C35-656CE05BE22D.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-7DAD8EC0-0403-4152-86ED-99700F6C02B8.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-81932397-8211-499E-925E-98FC73428636.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-82E79E50-3073-4081-9FE6-0927076EA0AD.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-845C34CF-3CAE-4EA9-BA95-2727010963C4.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-852EBDB6-EA76-4D1C-9F49-FD3A315E3B17.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-896E61F5-0865-4D3B-975E-DE476AFC7168.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-8B1431E2-5E72-4B85-80BA-43B8875AB090.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-8C477788-7700-4030-8C4A-039C02AABB74.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-95232C52-C5A8-471B-A6A1-C7323A97FECA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-983966AF-15B9-4AB9-BD27-CC89FD7BC690.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-9A1EC217-58F6-4E97-BF50-1C5581B9C55A.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-9A4F4019-CEEA-4BB6-9345-5B4A20D7A4BF.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-9AC1C866-59E1-4AB3-BEB3-5A3141525036.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-9E9150EC-BB35-4B28-A9F5-36F63C53E8DA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-A2491004-1C67-4E14-B47B-807E20C19108.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-A419887C-ABCB-4923-B9BA-773302E858F5.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-A5F10755-6501-4AB4-9C71-F6482073B10A.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-A6792F54-2734-4AF4-9473-C8B9AD8321AF.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-A6D5BFF7-13AB-4141-B433-93D200D0F907.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-A7C425AD-13EF-4CEA-8023-5B3DC0C25E68.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-A8F1A7C7-3CD0-4C19-B7F5-9CDD642AEC04.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-A93BA99A-E182-478F-A5EF-470F31BAA1EE.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-AB5C80FE-9B8A-4899-8186-3DB8201B1758.html

Registry keys:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A57F49D06AE015943BFA1B54AFE9506C
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\VMware_Workstation
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\Installer\VMware Workstation
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Workstation

Additional registry values that you should remove:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmplayer.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmplayer.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A57F49D06AE015943BFA1B54AFE9506C\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMAuthdService\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMwareHostd\FailureCommand
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMwareHostd\ImagePath

A way to remove VMware Workstation using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Workstation is an application by VMware, Inc. Some people want to remove it. This is difficult because deleting this by hand requires some know-how related to PCs. One of the best SIMPLE action to remove VMware Workstation is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your system.

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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. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find VMware Workstation or simply click the Search field and type in "VMware Workstation". If it is installed on your PC the VMware Workstation program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select VMware Workstation in the list of applications, some data regarding the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding VMware Workstation, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for VMware Workstation:

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

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall VMware Workstation.


8. After uninstalling VMware Workstation, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong VMware Workstation which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing VMware Workstation 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 run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall VMware Workstation by VMware, Inc from your computer, we are not saying that VMware Workstation by VMware, Inc is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall VMware Workstation in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.