VMware Player

A guide to uninstall VMware Player from your system

This info is about VMware Player for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows version was created by VMware, Inc.. Go over here for more information on VMware, Inc.. VMware Player's main file takes around 1.49 MB (1560648 bytes) and is named vmplayer.exe.

The following executables are incorporated in VMware Player. They occupy 66.51 MB (69739216 bytes) on disk.

• 7za.exe (1.04 MB)
• drvInst64.exe (444.57 KB)
• mkisofs.exe (430.66 KB)
• vixDiskMountServer.exe (440.07 KB)
• vmnat.exe (391.57 KB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (358.07 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (1.49 MB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (34.71 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (95.57 KB)
• vmware-kvm.exe (654.57 KB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (5.08 MB)
• vmware-shell-ext-thunker.exe (90.57 KB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (198.07 KB)
• vnetlib.exe (915.07 KB)
• vnetlib64.exe (1.07 MB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (264.57 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (260.07 KB)
• vprintproxy.exe (26.57 KB)
• zip.exe (299.57 KB)
• ovftool.exe (6.71 MB)
• storePwd.exe (78.07 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (593.07 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (211.57 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (211.57 KB)
• vmware-vmx-debug.exe (25.25 MB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (20.01 MB)

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This info is about VMware Player version 12.5.1 alone. You can find below 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
• 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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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Some of these are listed below.

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\FA2DF6465E47C26428EE8106DD52B26F
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{646FD2AF-74E5-462C-82EE-1860DD252BF6}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\FA2DF6465E47C26428EE8106DD52B26F\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{646FD2AF-74E5-462C-82EE-1860DD252BF6}\

A way to uninstall VMware Player from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is an application offered by VMware, Inc.. Sometimes, users choose to remove this application. This is troublesome because doing this by hand takes some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY practice to remove VMware Player 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 system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general tool to optimize your PC.

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• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs installed on your PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll 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 automatically. After you click VMware Player in the list , the following data regarding the program is shown to you:

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

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove VMware Player.


8. After removing VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong VMware Player that 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 items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

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. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove VMware Player supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.