VMware Tools
How to uninstall VMware Tools from your PC
VMware Tools is a computer program. This page holds details on how to remove it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by VMware, Inc.. Go over here for more info on VMware, Inc.. You can see more info about VMware Tools at http://www.vmware.com. The program is frequently placed in the C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools directory. Keep in mind that this path can differ being determined by the user's choice. The full uninstall command line for VMware Tools is MsiExec.exe /X{A2CC6F0B-E888-4485-82F5-587699B3CDB7}. vmtoolsd.exe is the VMware Tools's main executable file and it takes about 64.11 KB (65648 bytes) on disk.VMware Tools installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 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 8.6.5.11214 of VMware Tools. For more VMware Tools versions please click below:
- 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
- 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
Some files and registry entries are regularly left behind when you uninstall VMware Tools.
Directories left on disk:
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools
The files below remain on your disk by VMware Tools when you uninstall it:
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\comreg.exe
- 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\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\Drivers\vss\VCBSnapshotProvider.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\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-0FB09365-74C8-4874-8DCF-9F3719AB8796.1.16.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\pair15.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
You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B0F6CC2A888E5844285F8567993BDC7B
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{A2CC6F0B-E888-4485-82F5-587699B3CDB7}
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools
Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following registry values:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B0F6CC2A888E5844285F8567993BDC7B\ProductName
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\
- 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 remove VMware Tools using Advanced Uninstaller PRO
VMware Tools is a program marketed by VMware, Inc.. Sometimes, users choose to erase this application. This is troublesome because doing this by hand takes some advanced knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE manner 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 on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to clean your computer.
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- download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
- set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
3. Click on the General Tools button
4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool
5. All the applications installed on your computer will appear
6. Navigate the list of applications until you find VMware Tools or simply activate the Search field and type in "VMware Tools". If it is installed on your PC the VMware Tools application will be found very quickly. After you click VMware Tools in the list of programs, the following data regarding the program is shown to you:
- Star rating (in the left lower 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.
- Details regarding the app you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
- The web site of the program is: http://www.vmware.com
- The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{A2CC6F0B-E888-4485-82F5-587699B3CDB7}
8. After removing VMware Tools, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong VMware Tools which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling VMware Tools using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.
Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.
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Disclaimer
The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall VMware Tools by VMware, Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that VMware Tools by VMware, Inc. is not a good application. This text simply 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.
2016-07-14 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO
follow @DeeaKartmanLast update on: 2016-07-14 17:29:24.203