VMware Tools
How to uninstall VMware Tools from your computer
VMware Tools is a software application. This page contains details on how to remove it from your PC. It was developed for Windows by VMware, Inc.. Go over here where you can read more on VMware, Inc.. Usually the VMware Tools application is installed in the C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools directory, depending on the user's option during install. The full command line for removing VMware Tools is MsiExec.exe /I{BB4BDC36-C8C8-4DA6-9945-D7A068D0AD52}. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might receive a notification for administrator rights. VMware Tools's main file takes about 73.19 KB (74944 bytes) and is called vmtoolsd.exe.VMware Tools contains of the executables below. They take 1.18 MB (1236992 bytes) on disk.
- openssl.exe (354.19 KB)
- rpctool.exe (110.69 KB)
- vmtoolsd.exe (73.19 KB)
- VMToolsHookProc.exe (59.69 KB)
- VMwareResolutionSet.exe (58.19 KB)
- VMwareToolboxCmd.exe (40.69 KB)
- VMwareXferlogs.exe (144.69 KB)
- zip.exe (139.69 KB)
- VGAuthCLI.exe (30.50 KB)
- VGAuthService.exe (156.00 KB)
- VMwareAliasImport.exe (40.50 KB)
The information on this page is only about version 9.10.5.2981885 of VMware Tools. Click on the links below for other VMware Tools versions:
- 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
- 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
- 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
Some files, folders and registry entries can not be uninstalled when you want to remove VMware Tools from your PC.
Directories left on disk:
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools
Usually, the following files are left on disk:
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\deployPkg.dll
- 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\UserNameproxycerttool.exe
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\hgfs.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\iconv.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\icudt44l.dat
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\intl.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\libeay32.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\de\desktopEvents.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\de\hgfsUsability.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\de\toolboxcmd.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\de\vmtoolsd.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\es\desktopEvents.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\es\hgfsUsability.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\es\toolboxcmd.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\es\vmtoolsd.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\fr\desktopEvents.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\fr\hgfsUsability.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\fr\toolboxcmd.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\fr\vmtoolsd.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\it\desktopEvents.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\it\hgfsUsability.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\it\toolboxcmd.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\it\vmtoolsd.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\ja\desktopEvents.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\ja\hgfsUsability.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\ja\toolboxcmd.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\ja\vmtoolsd.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\ko\desktopEvents.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\ko\hgfsUsability.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\ko\toolboxcmd.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\ko\vmtoolsd.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\zh_CN\desktopEvents.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\zh_CN\hgfsUsability.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\zh_CN\toolboxcmd.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\zh_CN\vmtoolsd.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\zh_TW\desktopEvents.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\zh_TW\hgfsUsability.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\zh_TW\toolboxcmd.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\messages\zh_TW\vmtoolsd.vmsg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\open_source_licenses.txt
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\openssl.exe
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\pcre.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\common\hgfsServer.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\common\hgfsUsability.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\common\vix.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\autoLogon.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\autoUpgrade.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\bitMapper.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\deployPkgPlugin.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\disableUserNameHibernate.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\diskWiper.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\grabbitmqProxy.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\UserNameInfo.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\hwUpgradeHelper.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\powerOps.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\resolutionSet.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\timeSync.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmsvc\vmbackup.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmusr\desktopEvents.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmusr\dndcp.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmusr\unity.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\plugins\vmusr\vmtray.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\poweroff-vm-default.bat
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\poweron-vm-default.bat
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\resume-vm-default.bat
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\rpctool.exe
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\sigc-2.0.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\ssleay32.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\suspend-vm-default.bat
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\vmStatsProvider\win32\vmStatsProvider.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\vmStatsProvider\win32\vmStatsProviderMsgs.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\vmStatsProvider\win64\vmStatsProvider.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\vmStatsProvider\win64\vmStatsProviderMsgs.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\vm-support.vbs
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\vmtools.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\vmtoolsd.exe
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMToolsHook.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMToolsHook64.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMToolsHookProc.exe
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VmUpgradeHelper.bat
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMware CAF\pme\bin\CafIntegrationSubsys.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMware CAF\pme\bin\CommAmqpIntegration.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMware CAF\pme\bin\CommAmqpIntegrationSubsys.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMware CAF\pme\bin\CommAmqpListener.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMware CAF\pme\bin\CommAmqpListener.exe
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMware CAF\pme\bin\CommIntegrationSubsys.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMware CAF\pme\bin\ConfigProvider.exe
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMware CAF\pme\bin\Framework.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMware CAF\pme\bin\glib-2.0.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMware CAF\pme\bin\gthread-2.0.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMware CAF\pme\bin\iconv.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMware CAF\pme\bin\InstallProvider.exe
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMware CAF\pme\bin\IntegrationSubsys.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMware CAF\pme\bin\intl.dll
You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\63CDB4BB8C8C6AD499547D0A860DDA25
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{BB4BDC36-C8C8-4DA6-9945-D7A068D0AD52}
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools
Open regedit.exe to remove the values below from the Windows Registry:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\63CDB4BB8C8C6AD499547D0A860DDA25\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\{BB4BDC36-C8C8-4DA6-9945-D7A068D0AD52}\
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VGAuthService\ImagePath
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMTools\ImagePath
A way to erase VMware Tools from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO
VMware Tools is an application by VMware, Inc.. Frequently, people choose to erase this program. This can be troublesome because removing this by hand requires some experience related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK practice to erase VMware Tools is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your computer.
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3. Click on the General Tools button
4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature
5. All the applications installed on your computer will appear
6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate VMware Tools or simply click the Search feature and type in "VMware Tools". The VMware Tools application will be found automatically. Notice that when you click VMware Tools in the list , some information regarding the program is shown to you:
- Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding VMware Tools, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
- Technical information regarding the app you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
8. After uninstalling VMware Tools, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform 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 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.
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 uninstall VMware Tools by VMware, Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that VMware Tools by VMware, Inc. is not a good application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall VMware Tools supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.
2016-06-26 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO
follow @DanielStatescuLast update on: 2016-06-26 04:35:45.927