VMware Player

How to uninstall VMware Player from your computer

VMware Player is a Windows application. Read more about how to remove it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by VMware, Inc.. More info about VMware, Inc. can be read here. More details about VMware Player can be seen at http://www.vmware.com. Usually the VMware Player application is found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VMWare folder, depending on the user's option during setup. MsiExec.exe /I{E452E727-86B8-4233-8CC3-41FD817AFAFF} is the full command line if you want to uninstall VMware Player. vmplayer.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 3.93 MB (4118608 bytes) on disk.

VMware Player contains of the executables below. They occupy 54.07 MB (56697224 bytes) on disk.

• drvInst64.exe (434.58 KB)
• mkisofs.exe (422.17 KB)
• vixDiskMountServer.exe (408.58 KB)
• vmnat.exe (424.08 KB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (346.58 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (3.93 MB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (59.08 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (77.50 KB)
• vmware-remotemks-debug.exe (2.85 MB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (2.61 MB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (177.08 KB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (14.41 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)
• storePwd.exe (69.08 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (588.58 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (203.08 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (203.08 KB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (15.72 MB)

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This web page is about VMware Player version 4.0.6.35970 alone. You can find here a few links to other VMware Player releases:

• 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
• 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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Some files, folders and registry data will not be deleted when you want to remove VMware Player from your computer.

Folders left behind when you uninstall VMware Player:

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

The files below are left behind on your disk by VMware Player when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\EULA.jp.rtf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\EULA.rtf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\glib-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\glibmm-2.4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\gmodule-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\gobject-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\gthread-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\gvmomi.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\caution_small.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\css\GUID-B736FF36-E483-45ED-AC5B-AEAE1E80B0DA.css
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\css\webworks.css
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-012378D8-A995-4B78-AAD3-5A4223C4093E.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-03C01EDE-FC56-4721-AD1C-47AF401DF210.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-073AC88A-BDCD-45ED-B814-ABC2EEB19580.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-08BB8EBB-56A5-47C0-8467-31FA0BFAAD6A.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-08BB9465-D40A-4E16-9E15-8C016CC8166F.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-0C23FCBF-F0CC-447B-A08E-35B90C52091E.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-0E8D0627-45E3-4845-A635-CC19C4DD230F.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-0F9C34F0-9869-44A8-BD63-CD96B72E1B81.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-1109A03F-3BD3-4292-AEF6-D943445519B5.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-111F7A5A-A46D-4ECF-9B22-CD8D756F9FFF.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-13804128-3436-422C-80EC-A1697EF75C17.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-155E221E-1157-4EE7-8811-CA7EC9667034.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-15632A58-9EB1-4D9B-9F0D-42C4136E2832.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-15BBACE2-44DA-41A3-8355-D2BA8CA4549D.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-16FBB720-2D65-40C9-989C-6809629BAABB.html
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• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-6291BB29-A3B7-462E-ABB9-B711F2F3A402.html
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• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-81932397-8211-499E-925E-98FC73428636.html
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• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-A6792F54-2734-4AF4-9473-C8B9AD8321AF.html
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• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-B0A2A7C1-6405-4F05-BA57-E09F22D87FBE.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-B0F79988-D4DE-4BED-A7B5-57405BDABB41.html
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• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-C82DCB68-2EFA-460A-A765-37225883337D.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-CC791418-B30C-487D-8F57-E7E855B61549.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-CFBC64DD-E9BE-42E2-9462-453A13AB8442.html
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• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-D7E859A1-AD77-41A0-9B20-8B15744056E1.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-D8892B15-73A5-4FCE-AB7D-56C2C90BD951.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-D9B1B1D1-A81D-4B1C-AE9C-35EEFAAE2D41.html

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{E452E727-86B8-4233-8CC3-41FD817AFAFF}

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

VMware Player is a program released by VMware, Inc.. Some users choose to remove it. This is efortful because removing this by hand takes some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY solution to remove VMware Player is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to take care of your Windows computer.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs existing on the computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find VMware Player or simply click the Search field and type in "VMware Player". The VMware Player program will be found very quickly. After you select VMware Player in the list , some data regarding the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding VMware Player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for VMware Player:

• The publisher is: http://www.vmware.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{E452E727-86B8-4233-8CC3-41FD817AFAFF}

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


8. After removing VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of 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 are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

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