VMware Tools
A way to uninstall VMware Tools from your computer
VMware Tools is a Windows application. Read below about how to uninstall it from your PC. It is made by VMware, Inc.. Further information on VMware, Inc. can be seen here. More info about the application VMware Tools can be found at http://www.vmware.com. The program is usually found in the C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools directory (same installation drive as Windows). MsiExec.exe /X{A5CD39D8-F8A7-494F-9357-878A4AB6537F} is the full command line if you want to remove VMware Tools. VMware Tools's primary file takes around 64.11 KB (65648 bytes) and is called vmtoolsd.exe.VMware Tools contains of the executables below. They take 1.51 MB (1581376 bytes) on disk.
- comreg.exe (127.00 KB)
- rpctool.exe (103.11 KB)
- unzip.exe (170.61 KB)
- vmtoolsd.exe (64.11 KB)
- VMToolsHookProc.exe (251.61 KB)
- VMwareCplLauncher.exe (25.61 KB)
- VMwareHostOpen.exe (67.61 KB)
- VMwareResolutionSet.exe (391.61 KB)
- VMwareToolboxCmd.exe (36.61 KB)
- VMwareTray.exe (58.61 KB)
- VMwareXferlogs.exe (47.61 KB)
- zip.exe (138.61 KB)
- instutil32.exe (61.61 KB)
The information on this page is only about version 8.6.0.6261 of VMware Tools. Click on the links below for other VMware Tools versions:
- 10.1.5.5055683
- 10.1.10.6082533
- 3.00.0000
- 9.4.15.2827462
- 7.8.6.8888
- 7.9.6.5197
- 8.4.8.19539
- 9.2.0.15626
- 11.1.1.16303738
- 8.3.12.8191
- 7.8.5.7026
- 8.6.14.36427
- 9.4.11.2400950
- 3.1.0000
- 10.0.6.3560309
- 11.1.0.16036546
- 7.7.6.2712
- 9.4.0.1399439
- 8.6.5.11214
- 9.0.5.21789
- 8.1.4.11056
- 10.1.5.5055693
- 9.4.5.1734305
- 8.3.7.6505
- 9.0.12.35149
- 8.8.1.9139
- 10.0.9.3917699
- 9.0.10.29005
- 11.2.1.17243207
- 3.1.2.17734
- 8.8.4.13798
- 10.0.0.2977863
- 12.2.6.22229486
- 9.4.6.1770165
- 8.6.5.11852
- 10.0.10.4301679
- 3.1.0.2658
- 8.6.15.44134
- 8.6.11.23921
- 10.1.7.5541682
- 12.3.0.22234872
- 8.6.5.13851
- 10.0.8.3746311
- 9.0.11.32667
- 9.0.13.38765
- 9.6.5.2700074
- 9.2.3.21136
- 7.8.3.4558
- 9.9.2.2496486
- 8.0.2.16474
- 8.8.0.7367
- 12.0.5.19716617
- 11.1.0.16493622
- 7.8.4.5078
- 9.6.4.2441333
- 10.0.12.4448491
- 11.2.6.17901274
- 12.1.0.20219665
- 3.1.0.1613
- 11.0.6.15940789
- 10.1.15.6677369
- 10.1.15.6627299
- 9.6.6.2649738
- 9.10.5.2981885
- 8.6.12.28992
- 10.0.6.3595377
- 8.3.17.17464
- 9.10.1.2791197
- 10.3.2.9925305
- 8.0.1.12171
- 11.0.0.14686277
- 11.2.0.16371363
- 10.2.5.8068393
- 9.10.0.2476743
- 7.7.0.1463223
- 9.0.15.41796
- 10.0.1.3160059
- 8.0.2.14744
- 11.2.5.17337674
- 10.1.0.4449150
- 9.10.1.2731977
- 9.4.6.1752774
- 9.2.2.18018
- 10.2.5.8068406
- 3.1.2.14664
- 9.0.15.45013
- 9.6.2.1688356
- 8.4.9.30422
- 9.4.0.1585188
- 9.4.12.2627939
- 8.3.7.4937
- 8.6.0.6868
- 11.0.1.14773994
- 12.1.5.20735119
- 8.1.3.9911
- 9.5.2.1244834
- 9.4.0.1280544
- 8.4.4.14247
- 10.2.1.8267844
- 12.3.5.22544099
If you are manually uninstalling VMware Tools we suggest you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.
Directories found on disk:
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools
Files remaining:
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\backupscripts.d\freeze.bat
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\deployPkg.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\audio\vmaudio.cat
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\audio\vmaudio.inf
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\audio\vmaudio.sys
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\hgfs\vmhgfs.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\hgfs\vmhgfs.sys
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\hgfs\wow64\vmhgfs.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\memctl\vmmemctl.sys
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\mouse\vmmouse.cat
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\mouse\vmmouse.inf
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\mouse\vmmouse.sys
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\pvscsi\pvscsi.cat
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\pvscsi\pvscsi.inf
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\pvscsi\pvscsi.sys
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\vmxnet\vmxnet.cat
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\vmxnet\vmxnet.inf
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\vmxnet\vmxnet.sys
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\vmxnet3\vmxnet3n61x64.sys
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\vmxnet3\vmxnet3n61x86.sys
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\vmxnet3\vmxnet3ndis6.cat
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\vmxnet3\vmxnet3ndis6.inf
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\gio-2.0.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\glib-2.0.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\glibmm-2.4.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\gmodule-2.0.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\gobject-2.0.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\gthread-2.0.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\caution_small.png
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\css\GUID-0FB09365-74C8-4874-8DCF-9F3719AB8796.css
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\css\webworks.css
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-0BD592B1-A300-4C09-808A-BB447FAE2C2A.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-14D1E2BE-8CE5-411A-A02C-B00A6940FBAD.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-151025AE-6641-428B-9818-5E06916543F3.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-20195825-7E66-4106-B3E6-74001DF94A09.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-2D52EA83-C33F-47FA-9C6E-9E6443EA0CB2.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-35D8817F-5193-4315-AAF9-575CBDEE1B8F.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-6994A5F9-B62B-4BF1-99D8-E325874A4C7A.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-7F59A4E0-2B6D-4430-9C25-B6F17C4DE510.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-7F9CD622-B66C-40D4-82D4-50FF23BD36EE.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-87CDBAF9-171C-4CA2-973E-A3EC03A38C71.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-A024460D-28A4-4541-B6BB-CFA1A31D9CE9.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-A113A508-788B-4871-86A4-0D8C987FE4D9.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-DE30092C-D613-4978-A68B-C0642B828909.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-F8FE08FF-BCE2-4796-8B85-41A31070073A.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-FB7FA658-7622-4680-BD9F-7A6670C12794.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\images\blank.gif
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\images\collapse.gif
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\images\expanded.gif
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\images\seebttm.gif
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\images\seelflow.gif
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\images\seeright.gif
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\images\seertlow.gif
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\images\seertup.gif
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\index.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\scripts\expand.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\warning_small.gif
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\common\alinks.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\common\context.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\common\files.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\common\synonyms.xml
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\common\title.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\common\topics.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\common\towwhdir.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\common\wwhpagef.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\info.txt
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\js\index.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\js\search.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\js\search\pairs\pair0.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\js\search\pairs\pair1.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\js\search\pairs\pair10.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\js\search\pairs\pair11.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\js\search\pairs\pair12.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\js\search\pairs\pair13.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\js\search\pairs\pair14.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\js\search\pairs\pair2.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\js\search\pairs\pair3.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\js\search\pairs\pair4.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\js\search\pairs\pair5.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\js\search\pairs\pair6.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\js\search\pairs\pair7.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\js\search\pairs\pair8.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\js\search\pairs\pair9.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\js\search\search0.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\js\toc.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\xml\files.xml
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\xml\ix.xml
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\xml\toc.xml
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\books.xml
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\images\altclose.gif
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\images\altopen.gif
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\messages.xml
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\settings.xml
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\wwhimpl\api.htm
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\wwhimpl\common\html\alinks.htm
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\wwhimpl\common\html\banner.htm
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\wwhimpl\common\html\blank.htm
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\wwhimpl\common\html\bookmark.htm
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\wwhimpl\common\html\content.htm
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\wwhimpl\common\html\controll.htm
Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\8D93DC5A7A8FF494397578A8A46B35F7
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{A5CD39D8-F8A7-494F-9357-878A4AB6537F}
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools
Registry values that are not removed from your PC:
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\vmtoolsd.exe
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\8D93DC5A7A8FF494397578A8A46B35F7\ProductName
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{A5CD39D8-F8A7-494F-9357-878A4AB6537F}\
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\TPAutoConnSvc\ImagePath
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\TPVCGateway\ImagePath
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMMEMCTL\ImagePath
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\vmrawdsk\ImagePath
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMTools\ImagePath
How to erase VMware Tools from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO
VMware Tools is an application released by the software company VMware, Inc.. Frequently, users choose to erase this application. This is efortful because performing this manually requires some knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best SIMPLE procedure to erase VMware Tools is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your Windows PC.
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- download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
- install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
3. Click on the General Tools button
4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature
5. All the programs existing on the PC will appear
6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate VMware Tools or simply click the Search field and type in "VMware Tools". If it exists on your system the VMware Tools application will be found very quickly. After you click VMware Tools in the list , some data regarding the application is available to you:
- Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding VMware Tools, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
- Technical information regarding the application you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
- The publisher is: http://www.vmware.com
- The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{A5CD39D8-F8A7-494F-9357-878A4AB6537F}
8. After removing VMware Tools, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong VMware Tools that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing VMware Tools with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.
Your system will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.
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Disclaimer
This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall VMware Tools by VMware, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that VMware Tools by VMware, Inc. is not a good application. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall VMware Tools supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.
2016-07-09 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO
follow @DanielStatescuLast update on: 2016-07-09 13:52:38.980