VMware Workstation

How to uninstall VMware Workstation from your PC

You can find below detailed information on how to remove VMware Workstation for Windows. It is written by VMware, Inc. More information on VMware, Inc can be seen here. Usually the VMware Workstation program is found in the C:\\Program Files\\VMware\\VMware Workstation directory, depending on the user's option during install. VMware Workstation's entire uninstall command line is C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Workstation\Uninstaller\\uninstall.exe. VMware Workstation's primary file takes about 2.01 MB (2110544 bytes) and is called vmware.exe.

The following executables are installed together with VMware Workstation. They take about 279.63 MB (293214568 bytes) on disk.

• emmett.exe (628.08 KB)
• mkisofs.exe (422.17 KB)
• openssl.exe (344.08 KB)
• vixDiskMountServer.exe (384.08 KB)
• vmnat.exe (427.08 KB)
• vmnetcfg.exe (2.86 MB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (350.08 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (2.61 MB)
• vmrun.exe (483.08 KB)
• vmss2core.exe (867.08 KB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (34.08 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (84.08 KB)
• vmware-hostd.exe (13.73 MB)
• vmware-kvm.exe (616.08 KB)
• vmware-remotemks-debug.exe (4.90 MB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (4.62 MB)
• vmware-tray.exe (109.08 KB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (185.58 KB)
• vmware-vdiskmanager.exe (1.25 MB)
• vmware-vmx-debug.exe (21.51 MB)
• vmware-vmx-stats.exe (19.63 MB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (17.14 MB)
• vmware-vprobe.exe (515.58 KB)
• vmware.exe (2.01 MB)
• vnetlib.exe (735.58 KB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (343.58 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (330.08 KB)
• vprintproxy.exe (18.08 KB)
• zip.exe (291.08 KB)
• ovftool.exe (6.50 MB)
• VMware-Converter-all.exe (174.82 MB)
• storePwd.exe (69.58 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (593.58 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (203.08 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (203.08 KB)

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The current web page applies to VMware Workstation version 10.0.0 alone. You can find here a few links to other VMware Workstation releases:

• 8.0.2.28060
• 10.0.5
• 8.0.4.30409
• 9.0.2
• 11.1.3
• 9.0.1
• 10.0.4
• 7.1.5.19539
• 9.0.0
• 10.0.6
• 11.1.1
• 7.1.0.12398
• 7.1.6.30422
• 8.0.5.33341
• 7.1.0.12300
• 8.0.0
• 7.1.2.14247
• 7.1.3.14951
• 11.1.4
• 11.1.0
• 7.1.0.12623
• 7.0.0.8898
• 8.0.1.27038
• 11.1.2
• 10.0.7
• 8.0.0.18997
• 7.0.1.11056
• 7.0.0.7907
• 9.0.3
• 10.0.1
• 10.0.2
• 7.1.4.16648
• 7.1.1.13618
• 8.0.3.29699
• 8.0.6.35970
• 9.0.4
• 7.0.0.9563
• 8.0.0.17962
• 7.0.0.9911
• 11.0.0
• 10.0.3

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Many files, folders and registry entries can be left behind when you want to remove VMware Workstation from your PC.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa11556.13093\VMware Workstation 10.0(www.mihandownload.com)

The files below remain on your disk when you remove 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\emmett.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\provisioningPolicy.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw10.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-hw10.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\EULA.zh_CN.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\caution_small.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\crawler-index.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\css\GUID-B736FF36-E483-45ED-AC5B-AEAE1E80B0DA.css
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\css\webworks.css
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-012378D8-A995-4B78-AAD3-5A4223C4093E.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-03C01EDE-FC56-4721-AD1C-47AF401DF210.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-073AC88A-BDCD-45ED-B814-ABC2EEB19580.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-08BB8EBB-56A5-47C0-8467-31FA0BFAAD6A.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-08BB9465-D40A-4E16-9E15-8C016CC8166F.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-0C23FCBF-F0CC-447B-A08E-35B90C52091E.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-0E8D0627-45E3-4845-A635-CC19C4DD230F.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-0E980DDB-5050-4109-A9BC-596572ED722D.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-0F9C34F0-9869-44A8-BD63-CD96B72E1B81.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-1109A03F-3BD3-4292-AEF6-D943445519B5.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-111F7A5A-A46D-4ECF-9B22-CD8D756F9FFF.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-13804128-3436-422C-80EC-A1697EF75C17.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-15632A58-9EB1-4D9B-9F0D-42C4136E2832.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-15BBACE2-44DA-41A3-8355-D2BA8CA4549D.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-16FBB720-2D65-40C9-989C-6809629BAABB.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-185E246A-8460-476E-B4D2-956CA8E9BEA1.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-2259F241-B5A6-4856-8657-139A88E57B95.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-237CCEC5-83F7-484F-A349-BF23C32B8F3C.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-24DD2187-AA37-4D14-A5F8-32D31648E0C4.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-291EA0CB-D11F-456C-9A3C-F1D69BEA6B0E.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-29FEE90F-FD7B-44BD-8B52-10C2474CE0AE.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-2A1F74A4-A5F3-4090-9A45-396D6D407CE5.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-2F6C8962-3E2C-49B3-8441-487D7C9E9380.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-3140DF1F-A105-4EED-B9E8-D99B3D3F0447.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-3174F104-A1B0-4845-B967-4C7CE0E47694.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-33C56F64-0274-45D2-B543-626BD4B5841D.html
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• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-391BE4BF-89A9-4DC3-85E7-3D45F5124BC7.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-3B46D3FF-AACF-4495-9A8B-052315247E51.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-3D56BF46-5980-48F1-AB47-CC0CDB814D8B.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-3D5F9B19-08FF-4169-9572-39C46BA0C12F.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-3D812FA7-0CED-408E-B4B1-72A7B5F291EC.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-3F6B9D0E-6CFC-4627-B80B-9A68A5960F60.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-3F94C7B5-19A5-4E91-9709-B17FAA93FF75.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-489559B5-7C16-4C05-94BC-890AA7353A0E.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-51E3DE96-9D21-4655-A7BE-B491789CDC51.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-522EA802-03C9-4891-A100-FF6237898C00.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-5792C64D-5C01-42DD-9036-0F80FB0F3FD8.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-59676FB4-4EA8-4C2D-812D-05008B8CCA50.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-5B49A956-A202-48D2-8832-7F0B24F4DFED.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-5FC42BAD-0AAC-4EAF-8AD9-A41408ECF9BC.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-614D3F69-C022-45EF-BE55-6C822C5FA7B3.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-6291BB29-A3B7-462E-ABB9-B711F2F3A402.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-634F363E-CF25-4F3A-B021-2EF4BC989D07.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-6B97792A-41D7-4787-9341-651BA5000425.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-6DD39513-FA28-4F2E-B50C-0DB6D8E6FE65.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-6F261E98-8F81-490D-A904-DE675EE2E130.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-6F7BE33A-3B8A-4C57-9C35-656CE05BE22D.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-7DAD8EC0-0403-4152-86ED-99700F6C02B8.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-81932397-8211-499E-925E-98FC73428636.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-82E79E50-3073-4081-9FE6-0927076EA0AD.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-845C34CF-3CAE-4EA9-BA95-2727010963C4.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-852EBDB6-EA76-4D1C-9F49-FD3A315E3B17.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-896E61F5-0865-4D3B-975E-DE476AFC7168.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-8B1431E2-5E72-4B85-80BA-43B8875AB090.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-8C477788-7700-4030-8C4A-039C02AABB74.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-95232C52-C5A8-471B-A6A1-C7323A97FECA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-983966AF-15B9-4AB9-BD27-CC89FD7BC690.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-9A1EC217-58F6-4E97-BF50-1C5581B9C55A.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-9A4F4019-CEEA-4BB6-9345-5B4A20D7A4BF.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-9AC1C866-59E1-4AB3-BEB3-5A3141525036.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-9E9150EC-BB35-4B28-A9F5-36F63C53E8DA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-A2491004-1C67-4E14-B47B-807E20C19108.html

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Workstation
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A57F49D06AE015943BFA1B54AFE9506C
• 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

Open regedit.exe to remove the values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A57F49D06AE015943BFA1B54AFE9506C\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

A way to erase VMware Workstation from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Workstation is a program marketed by the software company VMware, Inc. Sometimes, people want to remove it. This can be efortful because deleting this manually takes some skill related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE way to remove VMware Workstation is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to take care of your computer.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful program.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs installed on your PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate VMware Workstation or simply click the Search feature and type in "VMware Workstation". The VMware Workstation application will be found automatically. After you select VMware Workstation in the list of apps, some information regarding the program is made available to you:

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

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove VMware Workstation.


8. After uninstalling VMware Workstation, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong VMware Workstation which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing VMware Workstation using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove VMware Workstation by VMware, Inc from your computer, nor are we saying that VMware Workstation by VMware, Inc is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove VMware Workstation supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.