VMware Horizon Client

A way to uninstall VMware Horizon Client from your PC

This web page is about VMware Horizon Client for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows version was created by VMware, Inc.. Go over here for more info on VMware, Inc.. More info about the software VMware Horizon Client can be seen at http://www.vmware.com. Usually the VMware Horizon Client application is installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client directory, depending on the user's option during install. The complete uninstall command line for VMware Horizon Client is MsiExec.exe /X{34D8C062-1C96-4747-95F5-1A74D7293B43}. vmware-view.exe is the VMware Horizon Client's primary executable file and it takes approximately 414.23 KB (424176 bytes) on disk.

VMware Horizon Client is composed of the following executables which take 14.12 MB (14808040 bytes) on disk:

• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (60.86 KB)
• vmware-appstub.exe (438.77 KB)
• vmware-view.exe (414.23 KB)
• horizon_client_service.exe (425.18 KB)
• 7za.exe (959.73 KB)
• ws_diag.exe (1.16 MB)
• ws_diag.exe (1.30 MB)
• vmware-print-helper.exe (1.68 MB)
• vmware-print-previewer.exe (116.68 KB)
• vmware-print-redir-client.exe (1.83 MB)
• vmware-print-redir-utility.exe (584.18 KB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (3.52 MB)
• vmware-view-usbdloader.exe (33.18 KB)
• HTML5VideoPlayer.exe (1.67 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 8.5.0.26981 of VMware Horizon Client. You can find below a few links to other VMware Horizon Client versions:

• 5.5.4.26353
• 3.5.2.303972
• 8.10.0.37628
• 4.4.0.6474
• 5.5.2.23300
• 8.3.0.23484
• 5.4.0.10892
• 5.0.0.5596
• 5.4.3.13151
• 8.8.0.33776
• 8.8.1.34412
• 4.7.0.11074
• 8.4.1.26410
• 8.2.0.18176
• 8.0.0.13243
• 4.0.0.727
• 8.11.1.41306
• 5.2.0.7817
• 4.3.0.4209
• 4.8.1.2179
• 5.5.0.14558
• 4.1.0.1487
• 4.6.0.9732
• 5.4.3.13110
• 8.7.1.35568
• 5.5.2.19778
• 4.9.0.2862
• 3.5.2.30397
• 5.1.0.6807
• 8.4.0.24146
• 4.8.0.1562
• 3.3.0.25749
• 5.4.4.14214
• 3.2.0.24246
• 4.10.0.4272
• 3.5.0.29526
• 3.4.0.27772
• 8.11.0.40557
• 3.2.1.27883
• 5.4.2.11170
• 8.12.0.43490
• 8.12.1.44700
• 5.5.1.17068
• 8.1.0.15949
• 8.6.0.29364
• 5.5.3.24986
• 5.2.0.5827
• 8.3.0.21227
• 5.4.3.12597
• 3.5.1.30149
• 8.9.0.35399
• 5.4.1.11072
• 8.7.0.31805
• 4.6.1.9881
• 5.5.0.14198
• 4.0.0.556
• 5.3.0.8987
• 3.1.0.21879
• 4.5.0.8090
• 5.5.6.35225
• 4.0.1.781
• 4.2.0.2831
• 5.5.2.20266

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

Directories that were left behind:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\x64\cef\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\x64\cef\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\x64\cef\chrome_elf.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\x64\cef\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\x64\cef\HTML5VideoPlayer.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\x64\cef\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\x64\cef\libcef.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\x64\cef\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\x64\cef\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\x64\cef\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\x64\cef\resources.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\x64\cef\snapshot_blob.bin
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\x64\cef\swiftshader\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\x64\cef\swiftshader\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\x64\cef\v8_context_snapshot.bin
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\x64\cef\vk_swiftshader.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\x64\cef\vk_swiftshader_icd.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\x64\cef\vulkan-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\x64\webrtc_sharedlib.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\VMware-Horizon-Client-2203-8.5.0-19584195.exe.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\VMware-Horizon-Client-2209-8.7.0-20649873.exe.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\VMware_Horizon_Client
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VMware_Horizon_Client_20221106150750.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VMware_Horizon_Client_20221106150750_000_DotNetWindowsDesktopRuntime_x64.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VMware_Horizon_Client_20221106150750_000_DotNetWindowsDesktopRuntime_x64_000_dotnet_runtime_6.0.10_win_x64.msi.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VMware_Horizon_Client_20221106150750_000_DotNetWindowsDesktopRuntime_x64_001_dotnet_hostfxr_6.0.10_win_x64.msi.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VMware_Horizon_Client_20221106150750_000_DotNetWindowsDesktopRuntime_x64_002_dotnet_host_6.0.10_win_x64.msi.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VMware_Horizon_Client_20221106150750_000_DotNetWindowsDesktopRuntime_x64_003_windowsdesktop_runtime_6.0.10_win_x64.msi.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VMware_Horizon_Client_20221106150750_002_ViewClientx64.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VMware_Horizon_Client_20221106153302.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VMware_Horizon_Client_20221106153302_000_TEAMSREDIRx64.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VMware_Horizon_Client_20221106153318.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VMware_Horizon_Client_20221106153318_000_TEAMSREDIRx64.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VMware_Horizon_Client_20221106153410.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VMware_Horizon_Client_20221106153410_000_TEAMSREDIRx64.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VMware_Horizon_Client_20221106153423.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VMware_Horizon_Client_20221106153433.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VMware_Horizon_Client_20221106153433_000_TEAMSREDIRx64.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VMware_Horizon_Client_20221106154025.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VMware_Horizon_Client_20221106154025_000_TEAMSREDIRx64.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VMware_Horizon_Client_20221106154039.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VMware_Horizon_Client_20221106154817.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VMware_Horizon_Client_20221106154942.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VMware_Horizon_Client_20221106154942_000_TEAMSREDIRx64.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VMware_Horizon_Client_20221106155014.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VMware_Horizon_Client_20221106155151.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\VMware_Horizon_Client_20221106155151_000_TEAMSREDIRx64.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\pid_18860-15786733068998
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\pid_6680-417254313968
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\prefs.txt

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\1303D6943D0ACEC4C95596D85DB0241F
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\51F8808C24D0A3A44943041435421452
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{0120fb9d-5f66-470e-9cc2-831b43a6ec6d}

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\1303D6943D0ACEC4C95596D85DB0241F\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\51F8808C24D0A3A44943041435421452\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{6A1BE669-E251-4E1F-9E2F-F4E5FB48EDF1}C:\program files (x86)\vmware\vmware horizon view client\x64\vmware-remotemks.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{EE6B61B1-ECDC-4A5D-89BC-4ADCD39ACFCB}C:\program files (x86)\vmware\vmware horizon view client\x64\vmware-remotemks.exe

A way to remove VMware Horizon Client from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Horizon Client is a program offered by the software company VMware, Inc.. Some users decide to erase this application. This can be efortful because uninstalling this by hand takes some skill related to removing Windows programs manually. The best EASY practice to erase VMware Horizon Client 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 PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to take care of your system.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs existing on the PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate VMware Horizon Client or simply click the Search feature and type in "VMware Horizon Client". The VMware Horizon Client app will be found very quickly. After you select VMware Horizon Client in the list of programs, some data about the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about VMware Horizon Client, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for VMware Horizon Client:

• The web site of the application is: http://www.vmware.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{34D8C062-1C96-4747-95F5-1A74D7293B43}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall VMware Horizon Client.


8. After removing VMware Horizon Client, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of VMware Horizon Client which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling VMware Horizon Client with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall VMware Horizon Client by VMware, Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that VMware Horizon Client by VMware, Inc. is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall VMware Horizon Client in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.