VMware Workstation

How to uninstall VMware Workstation from your system

This web page contains detailed information on how to uninstall VMware Workstation for Windows. It was developed for Windows by VMware, Inc. Open here for more details on VMware, Inc. More info about the application VMware Workstation can be found at http://www.vmware.com. The application is usually found in the C:\\Program Files (x86)\\VMware\\VMware Workstation directory. Keep in mind that this location can vary depending on the user's preference. You can remove VMware Workstation by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for administrator rights. VMware Workstation's primary file takes around 2.00 MB (2097776 bytes) and is named vmware.exe.

VMware Workstation installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 286.76 MB (300693112 bytes) on disk.

drvInst64.exe (433.61 KB)
mkisofs.exe (421.70 KB)
openssl.exe (314.50 KB)
vixDiskMountServer.exe (408.11 KB)
vmnat.exe (423.11 KB)
vmnetcfg.exe (5.37 MB)
VMnetDHCP.exe (346.11 KB)
vmplayer.exe (3.93 MB)
vmrun.exe (500.61 KB)
vmss2core.exe (574.11 KB)
vmUpdateLauncher.exe (58.61 KB)
vmware-authd.exe (78.00 KB)
vmware-hostd.exe (11.29 MB)
vmware-remotemks-debug.exe (2.85 MB)
vmware-remotemks.exe (2.61 MB)
vmware-tray.exe (101.11 KB)
vmware-unity-helper.exe (176.61 KB)
vmware-vdiskmanager.exe (1.14 MB)
vmware-vmx-debug.exe (18.27 MB)
vmware-vmx-stats.exe (16.84 MB)
vmware-vmx.exe (14.40 MB)
vmware.exe (2.00 MB)
vnetlib.exe (743.61 KB)
vnetlib64.exe (895.11 KB)
vnetsniffer.exe (340.61 KB)
vnetstats.exe (326.11 KB)
vprintproxy.exe (11.00 KB)
zip.exe (290.61 KB)
ovftool.exe (20.34 MB)
VMware-Converter-all.exe (126.69 MB)
storePwd.exe (68.61 KB)
VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (588.11 KB)
VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (202.61 KB)
VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (202.61 KB)
vmware-vmx-debug.exe (19.84 MB)
vmware-vmx-stats.exe (18.18 MB)
vmware-vmx.exe (15.71 MB)

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The current page applies to VMware Workstation version 8.0.3.29699 only. You can find below info on other application versions of VMware Workstation:

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Some of these are listed below.

Folders left behind when you uninstall VMware Workstation:

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

The files below were left behind on your disk by VMware Workstation's application uninstaller when you removed it:

C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\adjperm.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\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\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-073AC88A-BDCD-45ED-B814-ABC2EEB19580.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
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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-6291BB29-A3B7-462E-ABB9-B711F2F3A402.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-896E61F5-0865-4D3B-975E-DE476AFC7168.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-9AC1C866-59E1-4AB3-BEB3-5A3141525036.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-A419887C-ABCB-4923-B9BA-773302E858F5.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

Registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A57F49D06AE015943BFA1B54AFE9506C
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{0D94F75A-0EA6-4951-B3AF-B145FA9E05C6}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\Installer\VMware Workstation
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Workstation

Additional values that you should remove:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmplayer.exe.ApplicationCompany
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmplayer.exe.FriendlyAppName
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware.exe.ApplicationCompany
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware.exe.FriendlyAppName
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

How to erase VMware Workstation with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Workstation is an application by VMware, Inc. Sometimes, computer users want to remove this program. This is difficult because performing this by hand takes some experience related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best QUICK action 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 a very useful uninstaller and all around utility to clean your PC.

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download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools category
Go to General Tools

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

5. All the applications installed on your PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate VMware Workstation or simply click the Search feature and type in "VMware Workstation". If it exists on your system the VMware Workstation app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select VMware Workstation in the list , some information about the application is available to you:

Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have about VMware Workstation, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
Technical information about the app you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for VMware Workstation:

The web site of the application is: http://www.vmware.com
The uninstall string is: C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove VMware Workstation.
Uninstall VMware Workstation

8. After removing VMware Workstation, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong VMware Workstation which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling VMware Workstation using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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

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This page is not a piece of advice to remove VMware Workstation by VMware, Inc from your PC, we are not saying that VMware Workstation by VMware, Inc is not a good application for your computer. 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 Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2016-06-19 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-19 13:28:24.237

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