VMware Player

A guide to uninstall VMware Player from your PC

VMware Player is a Windows program. Read below about how to uninstall it from your computer. It is developed by VMware, Inc.. More information on VMware, Inc. can be found here. You can remove VMware Player by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /I{E452E727-86B8-4233-8CC3-41FD817AFAFF}. Note that you might receive a notification for admin rights. vmplayer.exe is the programs's main file and it takes close to 2.61 MB (2732112 bytes) on disk.

VMware Player installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 61.84 MB (64844608 bytes) on disk.

• mkisofs.exe (422.17 KB)
• vixDiskMountServer.exe (384.08 KB)
• vmnat.exe (427.08 KB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (350.08 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (2.61 MB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (34.08 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (84.08 KB)
• vmware-remotemks-debug.exe (4.90 MB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (4.62 MB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (185.58 KB)
• vmware-vmx-debug.exe (21.51 MB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (17.14 MB)
• vnetlib.exe (735.58 KB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (343.58 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (330.08 KB)
• vprintproxy.exe (18.08 KB)
• zip.exe (291.08 KB)
• ovftool.exe (6.50 MB)
• storePwd.exe (69.58 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (593.58 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (203.08 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (203.08 KB)

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This web page is about VMware Player version 6.0.0 only. For more VMware Player versions please click below:

• 3.0.0.9911
• 15.5.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 2.0.0.45731
• 14.1.8
• 14.0.0
• 12.5.2
• 3.1.4.16648
• 2.5.2.7026
• 15.0.3
• 16.2.5
• 2.0.4.2658
• 12.5.9
• 16.2.2
• 4.0.2.28060
• 12.5.0
• 2.5.1.5078
• 14.1.2
• 17.5.0
• 2.5.0.4558
• 6.0.3
• 12.5.5
• 14.1.6
• 12.5.6
• 12.5.1
• 16.1.0
• 17.5.1
• 6.0.4
• 14.1.3
• 16.0.0
• 12.1.1
• 15.1.0
• 12.1.0
• 2.5.3.8888
• 16.1.1
• 4.0.6.35970
• 5.0.1
• 15.5.5
• 14.1.1
• 12.5.3
• 15.5.2
• 4.0.0.18997
• 15.5.1
• 5.0.2
• 15.0.1
• 14.1.4
• 12.0.1
• 3.1.2.14247
• 14.1.5
• 16.2.1
• 16.1.2
• 12.5.8
• 16.2.4
• 14.1.0
• 4.0.4.30409
• 17.0.2
• 2.5.4.11892
• 4.0.5.33341
• 2.0.3.1613
• 3.1.3.14951
• 15.5.6
• 12.5.4
• 4.0.3.29699
• 14.1.7
• 17.0.0
• 3.1.6.30422
• 3.1.5.19539
• 15.0.4
• 15.0.2
• 15.5.7
• 6.0.5
• 2.0.2.59824
• 16.2.3
• 12.0.0
• 17.0.1
• 12.5.7
• 2.5.5.15075
• 16.2.0
• 6.0.7
• 15.0.0
• 2.0.5.3938

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Part_A few of these are listed below.

Folders left behind when you uninstall VMware Player:

• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player

The files below remain on your disk by VMware Player's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\vmPerfmon.h
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\vmPerfmon.ini
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\vmplayer.exe
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\vmUpdateLauncher.exe
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\vmware-authd.exe
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\vmwarebase.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\vmwarecui.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\vmware-remotemks.exe
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\vmware-remotemks-debug.exe
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\vmwarestring.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\vmware-unity-helper.exe
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\vmware-vmx.exe
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\vmware-vmx-debug.exe
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\vmwarewui.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\vnetinst.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\vnetlib.dll
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\vnetlib.exe
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\vnetsniffer.exe
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\vnetstats.exe
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\vprintproxy.exe
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\zip.exe
• C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\zlib1.dll

How to delete VMware Player from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is a program released by the software company VMware, Inc.. Sometimes, people try to uninstall this application. This is efortful because doing this manually requires some advanced knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. The best EASY solution to uninstall 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, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful program.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find VMware Player or simply activate the Search field and type in "VMware Player". The VMware Player app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select VMware Player in the list , the following data about the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about VMware Player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall VMware Player.


8. After uninstalling VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong VMware Player that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling VMware Player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove VMware Player by VMware, Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that VMware Player by VMware, Inc. is not a good application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove VMware Player in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.