VMware Tools

A way to uninstall VMware Tools from your system

You can find below details on how to remove VMware Tools for Windows. It is written by VMware, Inc.. More info about VMware, Inc. can be read here. Click on http://www.vmware.com/ja to get more information about VMware Tools on VMware, Inc.'s website. The application is usually located in the C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools directory. Take into account that this path can vary depending on the user's choice. VMware Tools's entire uninstall command line is MsiExec.exe /X{44D55920-B223-4702-81D9-4C07108A3C27}. The program's main executable file has a size of 71.65 KB (73368 bytes) on disk and is named vmtoolsd.exe.

The executable files below are part of VMware Tools. They take an average of 2.66 MB (2785096 bytes) on disk.

• rpctool.exe (109.65 KB)
• TPAutoConnect.exe (1,001.33 KB)
• TPAutoConnSvc.exe (497.83 KB)
• TPVCGateway.exe (552.83 KB)
• vmtoolsd.exe (71.65 KB)
• VMToolsHookProc.exe (15.65 KB)
• VMwareHgfsClient.exe (20.65 KB)
• VMwareHostOpen.exe (78.65 KB)
• VMwareResolutionSet.exe (50.15 KB)
• VMwareToolboxCmd.exe (39.15 KB)
• VMwareXferlogs.exe (143.65 KB)
• zip.exe (138.65 KB)

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The current web page applies to VMware Tools version 9.2.2.18018 alone. 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
• 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
• 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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How to remove VMware Tools from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Tools is an application released by the software company VMware, Inc.. Frequently, users try to uninstall this application. Sometimes this is troublesome because doing this manually takes some skill related to Windows program uninstallation. The best QUICK procedure 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 on your Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to take care of your Windows PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications installed on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate VMware Tools or simply activate the Search feature and type in "VMware Tools". If it exists on your system the VMware Tools application will be found automatically. Notice that when you select VMware Tools in the list of programs, some data about the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have about VMware Tools, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for VMware Tools:

• The publisher is: http://www.vmware.com/ja
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{44D55920-B223-4702-81D9-4C07108A3C27}

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


8. After removing VMware Tools, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start 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 can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

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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 software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove VMware Tools in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.