VMware Horizon Client

A guide to uninstall VMware Horizon Client from your computer

You can find on this page details on how to remove VMware Horizon Client for Windows. It is made by VMware, Inc.. You can read more on VMware, Inc. or check for application updates here. More information about VMware Horizon Client can be found at http://www.vmware.com. Usually the VMware Horizon Client application is to be found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client folder, depending on the user's option during install. MsiExec.exe /X{417E585F-77D0-4B0E-8C39-B1069491D56A} is the full command line if you want to uninstall VMware Horizon Client. vmware-view.exe is the programs's main file and it takes about 2.00 MB (2092760 bytes) on disk.

VMware Horizon Client is comprised of the following executables which occupy 14.60 MB (15308048 bytes) on disk:

• vmware-remotemks.exe (4.66 MB)
• vmware-view.exe (2.00 MB)
• vmware-view-usbd.exe (1.89 MB)
• 7za.exe (574.00 KB)
• ws_diag.exe (1.95 MB)
• ws_diag.exe (3.04 MB)
• wsnm.exe (516.21 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 3.1.0.21879 of VMware Horizon Client. You can find below a few links to other VMware Horizon Client releases:

• 5.5.4.26353
• 3.5.2.303972
• 8.10.0.37628
• 4.4.0.6474
• 5.5.2.23300
• 8.3.0.23484
• 5.4.0.10892
• 5.0.0.5596
• 5.4.3.13151
• 8.8.0.33776
• 8.8.1.34412
• 4.7.0.11074
• 8.4.1.26410
• 8.2.0.18176
• 8.0.0.13243
• 4.0.0.727
• 8.11.1.41306
• 5.2.0.7817
• 4.3.0.4209
• 4.8.1.2179
• 5.5.0.14558
• 4.1.0.1487
• 4.6.0.9732
• 5.4.3.13110
• 8.7.1.35568
• 5.5.2.19778
• 4.9.0.2862
• 3.5.2.30397
• 5.1.0.6807
• 8.4.0.24146
• 4.8.0.1562
• 3.3.0.25749
• 5.4.4.14214
• 3.2.0.24246
• 4.10.0.4272
• 3.5.0.29526
• 3.4.0.27772
• 8.11.0.40557
• 3.2.1.27883
• 5.4.2.11170
• 8.12.0.43490
• 8.12.1.44700
• 5.5.1.17068
• 8.1.0.15949
• 8.6.0.29364
• 5.5.3.24986
• 8.5.0.26981
• 5.2.0.5827
• 8.3.0.21227
• 5.4.3.12597
• 3.5.1.30149
• 8.9.0.35399
• 5.4.1.11072
• 8.7.0.31805
• 4.6.1.9881
• 5.5.0.14198
• 4.0.0.556
• 5.3.0.8987
• 4.5.0.8090
• 5.5.6.35225
• 4.0.1.781
• 4.2.0.2831
• 5.5.2.20266

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

Directories that were left behind:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client

Usually, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\bin\dbghelp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\bin\usblibs.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\bin\vmware-view-usbd.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\bin\x64\dbghelp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\crtbora.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\DCT\7za.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\DCT\elevate.cmd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\DCT\elevate.vbs
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\DCT\support.bat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\DCT\vdm-debug.vbs
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\DCT\vdm-support.vbs
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\DCT\ws_diag.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\DCT\x64\ws_diag.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\glib-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\glibmm-2.4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\gmodule-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\gobject-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\gssapiLib.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\gthread-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\iconv.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\intl.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\libcurl.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\libeay32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\libidn.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\liblber.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\libldap_r.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\libxml2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\messages\de\LC_MESSAGES\vmware-view.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\messages\fr\LC_MESSAGES\vmware-view.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\messages\ja\LC_MESSAGES\vmware-view.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\messages\ko\LC_MESSAGES\vmware-view.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\messages\zh_CN\LC_MESSAGES\vmware-view.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\messages\zh_TW\LC_MESSAGES\vmware-view.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\mksvchanclient.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\MMDRCliLib.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\MMRClientSrcFilter.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\MMREventSrc.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\MMRVCClientDLL.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\open_source_licenses.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\pcoip_client_win32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\pcoip_crypto.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\pcoip_crypto_non_fips.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\pcoip_mfw.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\pcoip_vchan.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\pthreadVC2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\app_jumplist_16x16.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\app_remote_normal.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\app_remote_prelight.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\app_shortcut.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\broker_jumplist_16x16.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\color_bar.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\desktop_jumplist_16x16.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\desktop_remote_add_server.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\desktop_remote_add_server_selected.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\desktop_remote_normal.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\desktop_remote_prelight.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\desktop_shortcut.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\favorite_32x.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\item_background_card.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\item_background_card_selected.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\pcoip_logo.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\RSA_Logo.bmp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\security_alert.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\security_error.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\security_good.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\server.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\spinner.avi
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\view_48x.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\view_logo.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\viewbanner.bmp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\viewclient.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\viewdisclaimbanner.bmp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc_de_de_407.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc_fr_fr_40c.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc_ja_jp_411.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc_ko_kr_412.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc_zh_cn_804.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc_zh_tw_404.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\scredir_vchanclient.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\sigc-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\ssleay32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\vdp_rdpvcbridge.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\vdpService.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\ViewMMDevRedir.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\viewMPClient.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\vmwarebase.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\vmware-remotemks.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\vmwarestring.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\vmware-view.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\VMwareView-RdeClient.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\vvaClient.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\wsnm\MessageFrameWork.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\wsnm\ws_klog.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\wsnm\ws_winauth.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\wsnm\wsnm.exe

Generally the following registry data will not be uninstalled:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F585E7140D77E0B4C8931B6049195DA6
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{417E585F-77D0-4B0E-8C39-B1069491D56A}

Additional values that you should remove:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F585E7140D77E0B4C8931B6049195DA6\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\vmware-view-usbd\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\wsnm\ImagePath

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

VMware Horizon Client is a program offered by VMware, Inc.. Frequently, computer users decide to erase it. This is efortful because doing this manually requires some advanced knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best EASY procedure to erase VMware Horizon Client 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 Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate VMware Horizon Client or simply activate the Search feature and type in "VMware Horizon Client". The VMware Horizon Client application will be found very quickly. After you select VMware Horizon Client in the list of programs, some information regarding the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding VMware Horizon Client, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for VMware Horizon Client:

• The software company is: http://www.vmware.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{417E585F-77D0-4B0E-8C39-B1069491D56A}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall VMware Horizon Client.


8. After uninstalling VMware Horizon Client, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of VMware Horizon Client that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling VMware Horizon Client using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your Windows PC 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 Horizon Client by VMware, Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that VMware Horizon Client by VMware, Inc. is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall VMware Horizon Client supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.