VMware Player

How to uninstall VMware Player from your system

You can find below details on how to remove VMware Player for Windows. It was created for Windows by VMware, Inc.. Further information on VMware, Inc. can be found here. Please follow http://www.vmware.com if you want to read more on VMware Player on VMware, Inc.'s website. Usually the VMware Player application is placed in the C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player directory, depending on the user's option during setup. MsiExec.exe /I{A53A11EA-0095-493F-86FA-A15E8A86A405} is the full command line if you want to remove VMware Player. VMware Player's primary file takes about 3.05 MB (3201584 bytes) and its name is vmplayer.exe.

The following executables are installed together with VMware Player. They take about 18.61 MB (19515472 bytes) on disk.

• farexec-service.exe (582.55 KB)
• hqtray.exe (62.55 KB)
• unzip.exe (170.55 KB)
• vixDiskMountServer.exe (66.55 KB)
• vmnat.exe (390.55 KB)
• vmnetcfg.exe (24.55 KB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (318.55 KB)
• vmplayer-service.exe (74.55 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (3.05 MB)
• vmware-acetool.exe (35.05 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (110.55 KB)
• vmware-ufad.exe (186.55 KB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (150.55 KB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (10.83 MB)
• vnetlib.exe (654.55 KB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (310.55 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (298.55 KB)
• vprintproxy.exe (9.00 KB)
• zip.exe (138.55 KB)
• bootrun.exe (178.55 KB)
• customize.exe (314.55 KB)
• deployPkg.exe (74.55 KB)
• guestcustutil.exe (486.55 KB)
• upgrader.exe (202.55 KB)

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The current web page applies to VMware Player version 2.5.1.5078 only. You can find here a few links to other VMware Player versions:

• 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
• 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
• 6.0.0
• 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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How to uninstall VMware Player from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is an application by VMware, Inc.. Some users choose to uninstall this application. Sometimes this is efortful because uninstalling this manually takes some know-how related to Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE procedure 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 good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general utility to clean your computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the programs installed on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find VMware Player or simply activate the Search feature and type in "VMware Player". If it exists on your system the VMware Player program will be found very quickly. When you click VMware Player in the list of programs, the following information regarding the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding VMware Player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you want 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: MsiExec.exe /I{A53A11EA-0095-493F-86FA-A15E8A86A405}

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


8. After uninstalling VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong VMware Player which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling VMware Player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove VMware Player by VMware, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that VMware Player by VMware, Inc. is not a good application. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove VMware Player supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.