VMware Horizon Client

How to uninstall VMware Horizon Client from your system

VMware Horizon Client is a Windows program. Read more about how to uninstall it from your PC. It was created for Windows by VMware, Inc.. Check out here where you can find out more on VMware, Inc.. Please follow http://www.vmware.com if you want to read more on VMware Horizon Client on VMware, Inc.'s page. VMware Horizon Client is normally installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client folder, depending on the user's decision. The complete uninstall command line for VMware Horizon Client is MsiExec.exe /X{496B8086-6F8F-4B60-A4A4-B19A3928F8ED}. The application's main executable file is called vmware-view.exe and it has a size of 9.20 MB (9642616 bytes).

The executable files below are part of VMware Horizon Client. They take an average of 20.00 MB (20971472 bytes) on disk.

• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (52.12 KB)
• vmware-appstub.exe (54.62 KB)
• vmware-view.exe (9.20 MB)
• horizon_client_service.exe (436.25 KB)
• ws_diag.exe (1.19 MB)
• ws_diag.exe (1.32 MB)
• vmware-print-helper.exe (752.27 KB)
• vmware-print-previewer.exe (47.27 KB)
• vmware-print-redir-client.exe (1.77 MB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (3.41 MB)
• vmware-view-usbdloader.exe (35.12 KB)
• HTML5VideoPlayer.exe (1.77 MB)

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This data is about VMware Horizon Client version 5.5.6.35225 only. Click on the links below for 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
• 8.5.0.26981
• 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
• 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. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall VMware Horizon Client from your PC:

• 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

The files below remain on your disk by VMware Horizon Client's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\ClientService\blast_hcSvcPlugin.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\ClientService\horizon_client_service.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\ClientService\MessageFrameWork.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\ClientService\ws_winauth.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\crtbora.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\DCT\elevate.cmd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\DCT\elevate.vbs
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\DCT\support.bat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\DCT\vdm-debug.vbs
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\DCT\vdm-support.vbs
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\DCT\ws_diag.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\DCT\x64\ws_diag.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\glib-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\glibmm-2.4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\gmodule-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\gobject-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\gssapiLib.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\gthread-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\hznclientctrl-vchan-plugin.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\iconv.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\intl.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\libcds.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\libcurl.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\libeay32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\libidn.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\libxml2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\messages\de\LC_MESSAGES\vmware-view.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\messages\es\LC_MESSAGES\vmware-view.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\messages\fr\LC_MESSAGES\vmware-view.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\messages\ja\LC_MESSAGES\vmware-view.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\messages\ko\LC_MESSAGES\vmware-view.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\messages\zh_CN\LC_MESSAGES\vmware-view.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\messages\zh_TW\LC_MESSAGES\vmware-view.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\open_source_licenses.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\pcoip_client_win32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\pcre.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\pthreadVC2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\app_jumplist_16x16.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\app_remote_normal.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\app_remote_prelight.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\app_shortcut.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\broker_jumplist_16x16.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\check_mark.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\collab_desktop_normal.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\collab_desktop_prelight.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\desktop_jumplist_16x16.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\desktop_remote_add_server.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\desktop_remote_add_server_selected.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\desktop_remote_normal.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\desktop_remote_prelight.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\desktop_shortcut.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\favorite_32x.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\item_background_card.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\item_background_card_selected.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\RSA_Logo.bmp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\security_alert.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\security_error.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\security_good.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\server.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\view_48x.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\viewclient.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc\viewclient_notification.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc_de_de_407.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc_es_es_40a.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc_fr_fr_40c.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc_ja_jp_411.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc_ko_kr_412.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc_zh_cn_804.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\rc_zh_tw_404.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\RtavCliLib.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\sigc-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\ssleay32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\udpProxyLib.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\vdp_rdpvcbridge.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\vmUpdateLauncher.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\vmware-appstub.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\vmwarebase.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\vmwarestring.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\vmware-view.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\vmwHorizonClientController.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\vmwHorizonClientController64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\x64\avcodec-58.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\x64\avutil-56.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Horizon View Client\x64\blast_hcSvcWrapIPC.dll
• 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\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

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\16ED43AFEEC3879468E3570B5B7EFDEA
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\6808B694F8F606B44A4A1BA993828FDE
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{ff16755a-bea4-44ea-bcdc-f12c0284752f}

Supplementary values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\16ED43AFEEC3879468E3570B5B7EFDEA\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\6808B694F8F606B44A4A1BA993828FDE\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\client_service\ImagePath

How to erase VMware Horizon Client from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Horizon Client is an application by VMware, Inc.. Frequently, users want to erase it. Sometimes this is hard because doing this by hand takes some skill related to PCs. 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 on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to optimize your computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


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

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

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding VMware Horizon Client, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for VMware Horizon Client:

• The software company is: http://www.vmware.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{496B8086-6F8F-4B60-A4A4-B19A3928F8ED}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall VMware Horizon Client.


8. After uninstalling VMware Horizon Client, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of VMware Horizon Client that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing VMware Horizon Client using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

The text above 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 PC. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall VMware Horizon Client supposing you want to. 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' computers.