VMware Workstation

How to uninstall VMware Workstation from your system

This page contains detailed information on how to uninstall VMware Workstation for Windows. The Windows release was developed by VMware, Inc. Check out here where you can find out more on VMware, Inc. Usually the VMware Workstation program is found in the C:\\Program Files (x86)\\VMware\\VMware Workstation directory, depending on the user's option during install. The full command line for uninstalling VMware Workstation is C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might be prompted for admin rights. VMware Workstation's main file takes about 2.04 MB (2140784 bytes) and its name is vmware.exe.

VMware Workstation installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 279.96 MB (293563112 bytes) on disk.

drvInst64.exe (434.11 KB)
mkisofs.exe (421.70 KB)
openssl.exe (314.50 KB)
vixDiskMountServer.exe (418.11 KB)
vmnat.exe (431.11 KB)
vmnetcfg.exe (5.36 MB)
VMnetDHCP.exe (349.61 KB)
vmplayer.exe (2.60 MB)
vmrun.exe (523.61 KB)
vmss2core.exe (615.11 KB)
vmUpdateLauncher.exe (58.61 KB)
vmware-authd.exe (80.50 KB)
vmware-hostd.exe (15.64 MB)
vmware-remotemks-debug.exe (2.98 MB)
vmware-remotemks.exe (2.75 MB)
vmware-tray.exe (101.11 KB)
vmware-unity-helper.exe (184.11 KB)
vmware-vdiskmanager.exe (1.34 MB)
vmware-vmx-debug.exe (18.79 MB)
vmware-vmx-stats.exe (17.18 MB)
vmware-vmx.exe (14.74 MB)
vmware.exe (2.04 MB)
vnetlib.exe (750.61 KB)
vnetlib64.exe (901.61 KB)
vnetsniffer.exe (340.61 KB)
vnetstats.exe (328.11 KB)
vprintproxy.exe (11.00 KB)
zip.exe (290.61 KB)
ovftool.exe (6.41 MB)
VMware-Converter-all.exe (127.54 MB)
storePwd.exe (68.61 KB)
VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (620.11 KB)
VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (210.61 KB)
VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (210.61 KB)
vmware-vmx-debug.exe (20.42 MB)
vmware-vmx-stats.exe (18.58 MB)
vmware-vmx.exe (16.12 MB)

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The current page applies to VMware Workstation version 8.0.0 alone. You can find here a few links to other VMware Workstation versions:

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A considerable amount of files, folders and registry entries can not be removed when you want to remove VMware Workstation from your PC.

Folders left behind when you uninstall VMware Workstation:

C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall VMware Workstation:

C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\adjperm.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\amqp.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\diskLibWrapper.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\dispatcher.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\drvInst64.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\elevated.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\provisioningPolicy.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw3.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw4.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw6.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw7.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw8.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw9.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw3.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw4.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw6.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw7.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw8.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw9.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\environments.xml
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\EULA.jp.rtf
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\EULA.rtf
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\freebsd.iso
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\glib-2.0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\glibmm-2.4.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\gmodule-2.0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\gobject-2.0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\gthread-2.0.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\gvmomi.dll
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\caution_small.png
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\css\GUID-B736FF36-E483-45ED-AC5B-AEAE1E80B0DA.css
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\css\webworks.css
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-012378D8-A995-4B78-AAD3-5A4223C4093E.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-03C01EDE-FC56-4721-AD1C-47AF401DF210.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-08BB8EBB-56A5-47C0-8467-31FA0BFAAD6A.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-08BB9465-D40A-4E16-9E15-8C016CC8166F.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-0C23FCBF-F0CC-447B-A08E-35B90C52091E.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-0E8D0627-45E3-4845-A635-CC19C4DD230F.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-0F9C34F0-9869-44A8-BD63-CD96B72E1B81.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-1109A03F-3BD3-4292-AEF6-D943445519B5.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-111F7A5A-A46D-4ECF-9B22-CD8D756F9FFF.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-13804128-3436-422C-80EC-A1697EF75C17.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-155E221E-1157-4EE7-8811-CA7EC9667034.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-15632A58-9EB1-4D9B-9F0D-42C4136E2832.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-15BBACE2-44DA-41A3-8355-D2BA8CA4549D.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-16FBB720-2D65-40C9-989C-6809629BAABB.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-185E246A-8460-476E-B4D2-956CA8E9BEA1.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-2259F241-B5A6-4856-8657-139A88E57B95.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-237CCEC5-83F7-484F-A349-BF23C32B8F3C.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-24DD2187-AA37-4D14-A5F8-32D31648E0C4.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-291EA0CB-D11F-456C-9A3C-F1D69BEA6B0E.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-29FEE90F-FD7B-44BD-8B52-10C2474CE0AE.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-2A1F74A4-A5F3-4090-9A45-396D6D407CE5.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-2F6C8962-3E2C-49B3-8441-487D7C9E9380.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-3140DF1F-A105-4EED-B9E8-D99B3D3F0447.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-3174F104-A1B0-4845-B967-4C7CE0E47694.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-33C56F64-0274-45D2-B543-626BD4B5841D.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-37EA4A9D-DE43-4159-8982-2DFD9D5959AD.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-391BE4BF-89A9-4DC3-85E7-3D45F5124BC7.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-3B46D3FF-AACF-4495-9A8B-052315247E51.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-3D56BF46-5980-48F1-AB47-CC0CDB814D8B.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-3D5F9B19-08FF-4169-9572-39C46BA0C12F.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-3D812FA7-0CED-408E-B4B1-72A7B5F291EC.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-3F6B9D0E-6CFC-4627-B80B-9A68A5960F60.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-3F94C7B5-19A5-4E91-9709-B17FAA93FF75.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-489559B5-7C16-4C05-94BC-890AA7353A0E.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-51E3DE96-9D21-4655-A7BE-B491789CDC51.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-522EA802-03C9-4891-A100-FF6237898C00.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-5792C64D-5C01-42DD-9036-0F80FB0F3FD8.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-59676FB4-4EA8-4C2D-812D-05008B8CCA50.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-5B49A956-A202-48D2-8832-7F0B24F4DFED.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-5FC42BAD-0AAC-4EAF-8AD9-A41408ECF9BC.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-614D3F69-C022-45EF-BE55-6C822C5FA7B3.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-634F363E-CF25-4F3A-B021-2EF4BC989D07.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-6B97792A-41D7-4787-9341-651BA5000425.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-6DD39513-FA28-4F2E-B50C-0DB6D8E6FE65.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-6F261E98-8F81-490D-A904-DE675EE2E130.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-6F7BE33A-3B8A-4C57-9C35-656CE05BE22D.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-7DAD8EC0-0403-4152-86ED-99700F6C02B8.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-81932397-8211-499E-925E-98FC73428636.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-82E79E50-3073-4081-9FE6-0927076EA0AD.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-845C34CF-3CAE-4EA9-BA95-2727010963C4.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-852EBDB6-EA76-4D1C-9F49-FD3A315E3B17.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-8B1431E2-5E72-4B85-80BA-43B8875AB090.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-8C477788-7700-4030-8C4A-039C02AABB74.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-95232C52-C5A8-471B-A6A1-C7323A97FECA.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-983966AF-15B9-4AB9-BD27-CC89FD7BC690.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-9A1EC217-58F6-4E97-BF50-1C5581B9C55A.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-9A4F4019-CEEA-4BB6-9345-5B4A20D7A4BF.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-9E9150EC-BB35-4B28-A9F5-36F63C53E8DA.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-A2491004-1C67-4E14-B47B-807E20C19108.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-A5F10755-6501-4AB4-9C71-F6482073B10A.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-A6792F54-2734-4AF4-9473-C8B9AD8321AF.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-A6D5BFF7-13AB-4141-B433-93D200D0F907.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-A7C425AD-13EF-4CEA-8023-5B3DC0C25E68.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-A8F1A7C7-3CD0-4C19-B7F5-9CDD642AEC04.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-A93BA99A-E182-478F-A5EF-470F31BAA1EE.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-AB5C80FE-9B8A-4899-8186-3DB8201B1758.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-B0A2A7C1-6405-4F05-BA57-E09F22D87FBE.html
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player_win\GUID-B0F79988-D4DE-4BED-A7B5-57405BDABB41.html

Registry that is not removed:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Workstation
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F4CB1E4FC295E6A418556581719B3C0C
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\VMware_Workstation
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\Installer\VMware Workstation
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Workstation

Additional values that you should clean:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F4CB1E4FC295E6A418556581719B3C0C\ProductName
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMAuthdService\ImagePath
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMwareHostd\FailureCommand
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMwareHostd\ImagePath

How to uninstall VMware Workstation from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Workstation is an application by the software company VMware, Inc. Sometimes, computer users want to remove this program. This is efortful because uninstalling this manually requires some experience related to PCs. The best SIMPLE manner to remove VMware Workstation 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 PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to take care of your system.

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2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools

4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs

5. All the applications existing on the PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate VMware Workstation or simply click the Search field and type in "VMware Workstation". If it is installed on your PC the VMware Workstation program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select VMware Workstation in the list of applications, the following information regarding the program is shown to you:

Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding VMware Workstation, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
Details regarding the app you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall VMware Workstation.

8. After removing VMware Workstation, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of VMware Workstation which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing VMware Workstation with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

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This page is not a recommendation to uninstall VMware Workstation by VMware, Inc from your PC, nor are we saying that VMware Workstation by VMware, Inc is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall VMware Workstation supposing 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' PCs.

2017-03-09 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-03-09 14:15:40.670

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