VMware Workstation

A way to uninstall VMware Workstation from your PC

This info is about VMware Workstation for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows version was created by VMware, Inc. Further information on VMware, Inc can be seen here. Click on http://www.vmware.com to get more info about VMware Workstation on VMware, Inc's website. VMware Workstation is typically set up in the C:\\Program Files (x86)\\VMware\\VMware Workstation folder, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's choice while installing the application. You can uninstall 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 receive a notification for admin rights. vmware.exe is the VMware Workstation's main executable file and it occupies approximately 2.00 MB (2095728 bytes) on disk.

VMware Workstation installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 286.70 MB (300630648 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 (422.61 KB)
• vmnetcfg.exe (5.36 MB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (346.11 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (3.93 MB)
• vmrun.exe (499.61 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 (2.84 MB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (2.60 MB)
• vmware-tray.exe (101.11 KB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (177.11 KB)
• vmware-vdiskmanager.exe (1.14 MB)
• vmware-vmx-debug.exe (18.26 MB)
• vmware-vmx-stats.exe (16.83 MB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (14.39 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 (19.83 MB)
• vmware-vmx-stats.exe (18.17 MB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (15.70 MB)

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This info is about VMware Workstation version 8.0.0.18997 only. You can find below 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
• 10.0.0
• 10.0.7
• 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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If planning to uninstall VMware Workstation you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders left behind when you uninstall VMware Workstation:

• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm

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

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\VMware\workstation.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\VMware Workstation.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\adjperm.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\diskLibWrapper.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\dispatcher.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\elevated.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\env\provisioningPolicy.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw3.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw4.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw6.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw7.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw8.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\env\ws-hw3.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\env\ws-hw4.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\env\ws-hw6.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\env\ws-hw7.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\env\ws-hw8.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\environments.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\EULA.jp.rtf
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\EULA.rtf
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\freebsd.iso
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\glib-2.0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\glibmm-2.4.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\gmodule-2.0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\gobject-2.0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\gthread-2.0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\gvmomi.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\caution_small.png
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\css\GUID-B736FF36-E483-45ED-AC5B-AEAE1E80B0DA.css
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\css\webworks.css
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-012378D8-A995-4B78-AAD3-5A4223C4093E.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-03C01EDE-FC56-4721-AD1C-47AF401DF210.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-073AC88A-BDCD-45ED-B814-ABC2EEB19580.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-08BB8EBB-56A5-47C0-8467-31FA0BFAAD6A.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-08BB9465-D40A-4E16-9E15-8C016CC8166F.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-0C23FCBF-F0CC-447B-A08E-35B90C52091E.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-0E8D0627-45E3-4845-A635-CC19C4DD230F.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-0F9C34F0-9869-44A8-BD63-CD96B72E1B81.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-1109A03F-3BD3-4292-AEF6-D943445519B5.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-111F7A5A-A46D-4ECF-9B22-CD8D756F9FFF.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-13804128-3436-422C-80EC-A1697EF75C17.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-155E221E-1157-4EE7-8811-CA7EC9667034.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-15632A58-9EB1-4D9B-9F0D-42C4136E2832.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-15BBACE2-44DA-41A3-8355-D2BA8CA4549D.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-16FBB720-2D65-40C9-989C-6809629BAABB.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-185E246A-8460-476E-B4D2-956CA8E9BEA1.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-2259F241-B5A6-4856-8657-139A88E57B95.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-237CCEC5-83F7-484F-A349-BF23C32B8F3C.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-24DD2187-AA37-4D14-A5F8-32D31648E0C4.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-291EA0CB-D11F-456C-9A3C-F1D69BEA6B0E.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-29FEE90F-FD7B-44BD-8B52-10C2474CE0AE.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-2A1F74A4-A5F3-4090-9A45-396D6D407CE5.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-2F6C8962-3E2C-49B3-8441-487D7C9E9380.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-3140DF1F-A105-4EED-B9E8-D99B3D3F0447.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-3174F104-A1B0-4845-B967-4C7CE0E47694.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-33C56F64-0274-45D2-B543-626BD4B5841D.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-37EA4A9D-DE43-4159-8982-2DFD9D5959AD.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-391BE4BF-89A9-4DC3-85E7-3D45F5124BC7.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-3B46D3FF-AACF-4495-9A8B-052315247E51.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-3D56BF46-5980-48F1-AB47-CC0CDB814D8B.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-3D5F9B19-08FF-4169-9572-39C46BA0C12F.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-3D812FA7-0CED-408E-B4B1-72A7B5F291EC.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-3F6B9D0E-6CFC-4627-B80B-9A68A5960F60.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-3F94C7B5-19A5-4E91-9709-B17FAA93FF75.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-489559B5-7C16-4C05-94BC-890AA7353A0E.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-51E3DE96-9D21-4655-A7BE-B491789CDC51.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-522EA802-03C9-4891-A100-FF6237898C00.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-5792C64D-5C01-42DD-9036-0F80FB0F3FD8.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-59676FB4-4EA8-4C2D-812D-05008B8CCA50.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-5B49A956-A202-48D2-8832-7F0B24F4DFED.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-5FC42BAD-0AAC-4EAF-8AD9-A41408ECF9BC.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-614D3F69-C022-45EF-BE55-6C822C5FA7B3.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-6291BB29-A3B7-462E-ABB9-B711F2F3A402.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-634F363E-CF25-4F3A-B021-2EF4BC989D07.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-6B97792A-41D7-4787-9341-651BA5000425.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-6DD39513-FA28-4F2E-B50C-0DB6D8E6FE65.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-6F261E98-8F81-490D-A904-DE675EE2E130.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-6F7BE33A-3B8A-4C57-9C35-656CE05BE22D.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-7DAD8EC0-0403-4152-86ED-99700F6C02B8.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-81932397-8211-499E-925E-98FC73428636.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-82E79E50-3073-4081-9FE6-0927076EA0AD.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-845C34CF-3CAE-4EA9-BA95-2727010963C4.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-852EBDB6-EA76-4D1C-9F49-FD3A315E3B17.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-896E61F5-0865-4D3B-975E-DE476AFC7168.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-8B1431E2-5E72-4B85-80BA-43B8875AB090.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-8C477788-7700-4030-8C4A-039C02AABB74.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-95232C52-C5A8-471B-A6A1-C7323A97FECA.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-983966AF-15B9-4AB9-BD27-CC89FD7BC690.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-9A1EC217-58F6-4E97-BF50-1C5581B9C55A.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-9A4F4019-CEEA-4BB6-9345-5B4A20D7A4BF.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-9AC1C866-59E1-4AB3-BEB3-5A3141525036.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-9E9150EC-BB35-4B28-A9F5-36F63C53E8DA.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-A2491004-1C67-4E14-B47B-807E20C19108.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-A419887C-ABCB-4923-B9BA-773302E858F5.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-A5F10755-6501-4AB4-9C71-F6482073B10A.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-A6792F54-2734-4AF4-9473-C8B9AD8321AF.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-A6D5BFF7-13AB-4141-B433-93D200D0F907.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-A7C425AD-13EF-4CEA-8023-5B3DC0C25E68.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-A8F1A7C7-3CD0-4C19-B7F5-9CDD642AEC04.html
• C:\Users\%user%\Desktop\vm\help\player_win\GUID-A93BA99A-E182-478F-A5EF-470F31BAA1EE.html

Frequently the following registry keys will not be uninstalled:

• 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

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A57F49D06AE015943BFA1B54AFE9506C\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\vm\env\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\vm\help\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\vm\hostd\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\vm\ico\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\vm\messages\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\vm\OVFTool\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\vm\redist\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\vm\Resources\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\vm\tools-upgraders\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\vm\Visual Studio Integrated Debugger\
• 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 with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Workstation is an application marketed by VMware, Inc. Some computer users choose to remove this application. Sometimes this can be efortful because removing this manually takes some know-how regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY 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 on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to optimize your Windows PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the programs existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find VMware Workstation or simply activate the Search field and type in "VMware Workstation". If it exists on your system the VMware Workstation program will be found automatically. When you click VMware Workstation in the list of apps, the following information regarding the program is made available to you:

• Safety 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 - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for VMware Workstation:

• The publisher is: http://www.vmware.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware

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


8. After removing VMware Workstation, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start 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 Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall VMware Workstation by VMware, Inc from your computer, we are not saying that VMware Workstation by VMware, Inc is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall VMware Workstation in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.