VMware Tools

A guide to uninstall VMware Tools from your system

VMware Tools is a Windows application. Read more about how to remove it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by VMware, Inc.. Check out here for more information on VMware, Inc.. Detailed information about VMware Tools can be seen at http://www.vmware.com. VMware Tools is typically set up in the C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools folder, however this location may differ a lot depending on the user's decision while installing the program. You can remove VMware Tools by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /I{3B410500-1802-488E-9EF1-4B11992E0440}. Note that you might get a notification for administrator rights. VMwareService.exe is the programs's main file and it takes approximately 132.00 KB (135168 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of VMware Tools. They occupy an average of 324.00 KB (331776 bytes) on disk.

• VMip.exe (44.00 KB)
• VMwareService.exe (132.00 KB)
• VMwareTray.exe (48.00 KB)
• VMwareUser.exe (100.00 KB)

The current page applies to VMware Tools version 3.1.0000 only. You can find below info on other application versions of VMware Tools:

• 10.1.5.5055683
• 8.6.0.6261
• 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
• 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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After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall VMware Tools from your PC:

• C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users\Startmenü\Programme\VMware\VMware Tools
• C:\Programme\VMware\VMware Tools

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\All Users\Startmenü\Programme\VMware\VMware Tools\VM-Statistikprotokollierung starten.lnk
• C:\Programme\VMware\VMware Tools\dbghelp.dll
• C:\Programme\VMware\VMware Tools\deployPkg.dll
• C:\Programme\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\hgfs\vmhgfs.dll

Registry that is not cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{6B8C0665-86D9-4dc9-8D58-FABE31A495E3}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\C2A6F2EFE6910124C940B2B12CF170FE
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools

Additional values that you should remove:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\VMwareHostOpen.exe\shell\open\command\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2c6594dc-04ad-490f-a447-dc8e2772e9cb}\LocalServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{C73DA087-EDDB-4a7c-B216-8EF8A3B92C7B}\InprocServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{6B8C0665-86D9-4DC9-8D58-FABE31A495E3}\1.0\0\win32\

A way to delete VMware Tools from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Tools is an application released by VMware, Inc.. Frequently, people decide to uninstall this application. This is efortful because removing this manually requires some advanced knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. The best EASY procedure to uninstall 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 PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your Windows system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs existing on the PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate VMware Tools or simply click the Search feature and type in "VMware Tools". If it exists on your system the VMware Tools app will be found automatically. Notice that after you select VMware Tools in the list , some information regarding the application is made 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".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for VMware Tools:

• The software company is: http://www.vmware.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{3B410500-1802-488E-9EF1-4B11992E0440}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove VMware Tools.


8. After removing VMware Tools, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong VMware Tools that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling VMware Tools using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove VMware Tools by VMware, Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that VMware Tools by VMware, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove VMware Tools supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.