VMware Tools

How to uninstall VMware Tools from your PC

You can find on this page details on how to uninstall VMware Tools for Windows. The Windows release was created by VMware, Inc.. You can find out more on VMware, Inc. or check for application updates here. You can get more details related to VMware Tools at http://www.vmware.com. The program is frequently placed in the C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools directory (same installation drive as Windows). The entire uninstall command line for VMware Tools is MsiExec.exe /X{5B6219D9-7588-4ACB-9429-DF9CF541690F}. The application's main executable file has a size of 64.58 KB (66128 bytes) on disk and is labeled vmtoolsd.exe.

VMware Tools contains of the executables below. They occupy 3.48 MB (3646896 bytes) on disk.

comreg.exe (127.00 KB)
rpctool.exe (103.58 KB)
TPAutoConnect.exe (1,001.33 KB)
TPAutoConnSvc.exe (497.83 KB)
TPVCGateway.exe (552.83 KB)
unzip.exe (171.08 KB)
vmtoolsd.exe (64.58 KB)
VMToolsHookProc.exe (252.08 KB)
VMwareCplLauncher.exe (26.08 KB)
VMwareHgfsClient.exe (20.58 KB)
VMwareHostOpen.exe (68.08 KB)
VMwareResolutionSet.exe (393.08 KB)
VMwareToolboxCmd.exe (37.08 KB)
VMwareTray.exe (59.08 KB)
VMwareXferlogs.exe (48.08 KB)
zip.exe (139.08 KB)

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This page is about VMware Tools version 8.6.11.23921 only. You can find below info on other versions of VMware Tools:

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Some of these are listed below.

Directories found on disk:

C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall VMware Tools:

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\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
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\wwhimpl\common\html\controlr.htm
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\wwhimpl\common\html\default.htm
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\wwhimpl\common\html\document.htm

Usually the following registry keys will not be uninstalled:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\9D9126B58857BCA44992FDC95F1496F0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{5B6219D9-7588-4ACB-9429-DF9CF541690F}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools

Additional registry values that are not removed:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\9D9126B58857BCA44992FDC95F1496F0\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\{5B6219D9-7588-4ACB-9429-DF9CF541690F}\
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMMEMCTL\ImagePath
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\vmrawdsk\ImagePath
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMTools\ImagePath

A way to erase VMware Tools from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Tools is an application released by the software company VMware, Inc.. Frequently, people decide to erase this program. This is efortful because doing this manually takes some skill related to PCs. One of the best EASY approach 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 a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your PC.

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2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools

4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs

5. All the programs existing on your PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate VMware Tools or simply click the Search field and type in "VMware Tools". If it exists on your system the VMware Tools program will be found automatically. After you click VMware Tools in the list of programs, some information about the application is shown to you:

Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about VMware Tools, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
Technical information about the program you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for VMware Tools:

The software company is: http://www.vmware.com
The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{5B6219D9-7588-4ACB-9429-DF9CF541690F}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove VMware Tools.
Uninstall VMware Tools

8. After uninstalling VMware Tools, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of VMware Tools which 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 Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

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This page is not a recommendation to uninstall VMware Tools by VMware, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that VMware Tools by VMware, Inc. is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall VMware Tools in case you decide this is what you want to do. 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.

2017-09-28 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-09-28 20:39:38.063

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