VMware Workstation

How to uninstall VMware Workstation from your computer

You can find below details on how to remove VMware Workstation for Windows. It was created for Windows by VMware, Inc. More data about VMware, Inc can be read here. The program is frequently found in the C:\\Program Files\\VMware\\VMware Workstation directory. Take into account that this path can vary being determined by the user's decision. VMware Workstation's full uninstall command line is C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Workstation\Uninstaller\\uninstall.exe. The application's main executable file has a size of 2.04 MB (2137304 bytes) on disk and is named vmware.exe.

VMware Workstation contains of the executables below. They occupy 219.51 MB (230168120 bytes) on disk.

emmett.exe (615.71 KB)
mkisofs.exe (422.80 KB)
openssl.exe (344.21 KB)
vixDiskMountServer.exe (409.21 KB)
vmnat.exe (427.21 KB)
vmnetcfg.exe (4.74 MB)
VMnetDHCP.exe (349.71 KB)
vmplayer.exe (2.57 MB)
vmrun.exe (481.21 KB)
vmss2core.exe (592.21 KB)
vmUpdateLauncher.exe (59.71 KB)
vmware-authd.exe (85.71 KB)
vmware-hostd.exe (12.63 MB)
vmware-remotemks-debug.exe (2.97 MB)
vmware-remotemks.exe (2.74 MB)
vmware-tray.exe (102.71 KB)
vmware-unity-helper.exe (184.71 KB)
vmware-vdiskmanager.exe (1.20 MB)
vmware-vmx-debug.exe (18.67 MB)
vmware-vmx-stats.exe (17.09 MB)
vmware-vmx.exe (14.64 MB)
vmware-vprobe.exe (512.71 KB)
vmware.exe (2.04 MB)
vnetlib.exe (740.21 KB)
vnetsniffer.exe (344.21 KB)
vnetstats.exe (331.21 KB)
vprintproxy.exe (18.71 KB)
zip.exe (291.71 KB)
ovftool.exe (6.32 MB)
VMware-Converter-all.exe (126.69 MB)
storePwd.exe (69.71 KB)
VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (586.71 KB)
VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (203.71 KB)
VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (203.71 KB)

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The current web page applies to VMware Workstation version 9.0.3 only. You can find here a few links to other VMware Workstation versions:

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

Folders remaining:

C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall VMware Workstation:

C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\adjperm.dll
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\amqp.dll
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\darwin.iso
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\diskLibWrapper.dll
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\dispatcher.xml
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\elevated.dll
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\emmett.exe
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\provisioningPolicy.xml
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw3.xml
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw4.xml
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw6.xml
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw7.xml
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw8.xml
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw9.xml
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw3.xml
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw4.xml
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw6.xml
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw7.xml
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw8.xml
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw9.xml
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\environments.xml
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\EULA.jp.rtf
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\EULA.rtf
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\freebsd.iso
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\glib-2.0.dll
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\glibmm-2.4.dll
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\gmodule-2.0.dll
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\gobject-2.0.dll
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\gthread-2.0.dll
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\gvmomi.dll
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\caution_small.png
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\css\GUID-B736FF36-E483-45ED-AC5B-AEAE1E80B0DA.css
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\css\webworks.css
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-012378D8-A995-4B78-AAD3-5A4223C4093E.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-03C01EDE-FC56-4721-AD1C-47AF401DF210.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-073AC88A-BDCD-45ED-B814-ABC2EEB19580.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-08BB8EBB-56A5-47C0-8467-31FA0BFAAD6A.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-08BB9465-D40A-4E16-9E15-8C016CC8166F.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-0C23FCBF-F0CC-447B-A08E-35B90C52091E.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-0E8D0627-45E3-4845-A635-CC19C4DD230F.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-0F9C34F0-9869-44A8-BD63-CD96B72E1B81.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-1109A03F-3BD3-4292-AEF6-D943445519B5.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-111F7A5A-A46D-4ECF-9B22-CD8D756F9FFF.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-13804128-3436-422C-80EC-A1697EF75C17.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-15632A58-9EB1-4D9B-9F0D-42C4136E2832.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-15BBACE2-44DA-41A3-8355-D2BA8CA4549D.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-16FBB720-2D65-40C9-989C-6809629BAABB.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-185E246A-8460-476E-B4D2-956CA8E9BEA1.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-2259F241-B5A6-4856-8657-139A88E57B95.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-237CCEC5-83F7-484F-A349-BF23C32B8F3C.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-24DD2187-AA37-4D14-A5F8-32D31648E0C4.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-291EA0CB-D11F-456C-9A3C-F1D69BEA6B0E.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-29FEE90F-FD7B-44BD-8B52-10C2474CE0AE.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-2A1F74A4-A5F3-4090-9A45-396D6D407CE5.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-2F6C8962-3E2C-49B3-8441-487D7C9E9380.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-3140DF1F-A105-4EED-B9E8-D99B3D3F0447.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-3174F104-A1B0-4845-B967-4C7CE0E47694.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-33C56F64-0274-45D2-B543-626BD4B5841D.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-37EA4A9D-DE43-4159-8982-2DFD9D5959AD.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-391BE4BF-89A9-4DC3-85E7-3D45F5124BC7.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-3B46D3FF-AACF-4495-9A8B-052315247E51.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-3D56BF46-5980-48F1-AB47-CC0CDB814D8B.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-3D5F9B19-08FF-4169-9572-39C46BA0C12F.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-3D812FA7-0CED-408E-B4B1-72A7B5F291EC.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-3F6B9D0E-6CFC-4627-B80B-9A68A5960F60.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-3F94C7B5-19A5-4E91-9709-B17FAA93FF75.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-489559B5-7C16-4C05-94BC-890AA7353A0E.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-51E3DE96-9D21-4655-A7BE-B491789CDC51.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-522EA802-03C9-4891-A100-FF6237898C00.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-5792C64D-5C01-42DD-9036-0F80FB0F3FD8.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-59676FB4-4EA8-4C2D-812D-05008B8CCA50.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-5B49A956-A202-48D2-8832-7F0B24F4DFED.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-5FC42BAD-0AAC-4EAF-8AD9-A41408ECF9BC.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-614D3F69-C022-45EF-BE55-6C822C5FA7B3.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-6291BB29-A3B7-462E-ABB9-B711F2F3A402.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-634F363E-CF25-4F3A-B021-2EF4BC989D07.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-6B97792A-41D7-4787-9341-651BA5000425.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-6DD39513-FA28-4F2E-B50C-0DB6D8E6FE65.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-6F261E98-8F81-490D-A904-DE675EE2E130.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-6F7BE33A-3B8A-4C57-9C35-656CE05BE22D.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-7DAD8EC0-0403-4152-86ED-99700F6C02B8.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-81932397-8211-499E-925E-98FC73428636.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-82E79E50-3073-4081-9FE6-0927076EA0AD.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-845C34CF-3CAE-4EA9-BA95-2727010963C4.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-852EBDB6-EA76-4D1C-9F49-FD3A315E3B17.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-896E61F5-0865-4D3B-975E-DE476AFC7168.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-8B1431E2-5E72-4B85-80BA-43B8875AB090.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-8C477788-7700-4030-8C4A-039C02AABB74.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-95232C52-C5A8-471B-A6A1-C7323A97FECA.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-983966AF-15B9-4AB9-BD27-CC89FD7BC690.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-9A1EC217-58F6-4E97-BF50-1C5581B9C55A.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-9A4F4019-CEEA-4BB6-9345-5B4A20D7A4BF.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-9AC1C866-59E1-4AB3-BEB3-5A3141525036.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-9E9150EC-BB35-4B28-A9F5-36F63C53E8DA.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-A2491004-1C67-4E14-B47B-807E20C19108.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-A419887C-ABCB-4923-B9BA-773302E858F5.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-A5F10755-6501-4AB4-9C71-F6482073B10A.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-A6792F54-2734-4AF4-9473-C8B9AD8321AF.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-A6D5BFF7-13AB-4141-B433-93D200D0F907.html
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-A7C425AD-13EF-4CEA-8023-5B3DC0C25E68.html

Registry that is not uninstalled:

HKEY_CURRENT_UserName\Software\Microsoft\VMware Workstation
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

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A57F49D06AE015943BFA1B54AFE9506C\ProductName
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\
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 delete VMware Workstation from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Workstation is a program released by the software company VMware, Inc. Frequently, computer users decide to uninstall this application. This is troublesome because uninstalling this by hand takes some experience related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE way to uninstall 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 PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to clean your computer.

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2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button
Go to General Tools

4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs

5. A list of the applications installed on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate VMware Workstation or simply click the Search feature and type in "VMware Workstation". If it exists on your system the VMware Workstation program will be found automatically. Notice that after you click VMware Workstation in the list of applications, some data about the application is shown to you:

Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have about VMware Workstation, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
Technical information about the app you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove VMware Workstation.
Uninstall VMware Workstation

8. After uninstalling VMware Workstation, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of VMware Workstation that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing VMware Workstation with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

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The text above is not a piece of advice to remove VMware Workstation by VMware, Inc from your PC, nor are we saying that VMware Workstation by VMware, Inc is not a good application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove VMware Workstation supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2016-07-20 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-07-20 15:19:22.167

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