VMware Tools

A guide to uninstall VMware Tools from your computer

VMware Tools is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to remove it from your PC. It is made by VMware, Inc.. More information about VMware, Inc. can be read here. Click on http://www.vmware.com to get more data about VMware Tools on VMware, Inc.'s website. The program is frequently placed in the C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can remove VMware Tools by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /X{FE2F6A2C-196E-4210-9C04-2B1BC21F07EF}. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for admin rights. The application's main executable file is called VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe and occupies 608.55 KB (623152 bytes).

The following executable files are incorporated in VMware Tools. They take 7.36 MB (7716912 bytes) on disk.

• COMREG.EXE (129.55 KB)
• TPAutoConnect.exe (1,002.83 KB)
• TPAutoConnSvc.exe (497.83 KB)
• TPVCGateway.exe (552.83 KB)
• VMip.exe (454.05 KB)
• VMwareCplLauncher.exe (437.55 KB)
• VMwareHgfsClient.exe (390.55 KB)
• VMwareHostOpen.exe (444.55 KB)
• VMwareResolutionSet.exe (417.05 KB)
• VMwareService.exe (729.55 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (608.55 KB)
• VMwareTray.exe (525.55 KB)
• VMwareUser.exe (1.07 MB)
• VMwareXferlogs.exe (50.05 KB)
• zip.exe (138.55 KB)
• instutil32.exe (64.00 KB)

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This data is about VMware Tools version 7.8.6.8888 alone. You can find below info on other releases of VMware Tools:

• 10.1.5.5055683
• 8.6.0.6261
• 10.1.10.6082533
• 3.00.0000
• 9.4.15.2827462
• 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

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A way to erase VMware Tools from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Tools is a program marketed by VMware, Inc.. Sometimes, users choose to uninstall this program. This can be troublesome because uninstalling this manually takes some experience related to Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK way to uninstall VMware Tools 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 PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your Windows system.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications installed on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate VMware Tools or simply activate the Search field and type in "VMware Tools". The VMware Tools app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select VMware Tools in the list of applications, the following information regarding the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding VMware Tools, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for VMware Tools:

• The web site of the application is: http://www.vmware.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{FE2F6A2C-196E-4210-9C04-2B1BC21F07EF}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove VMware Tools.


8. After uninstalling VMware Tools, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong VMware Tools that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling VMware Tools using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove VMware Tools by VMware, Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that VMware Tools by VMware, Inc. is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove VMware Tools in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.