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A guide to uninstall VMware Player from your PC

This info is about VMware Player for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows version was developed by VMware, Inc.. More data about VMware, Inc. can be seen here. VMware Player's complete uninstall command line is MsiExec.exe /I{E452E727-86B8-4233-8CC3-41FD817AFAFF}. The program's main executable file occupies 2.61 MB (2736856 bytes) on disk and is titled vmplayer.exe.

The executables below are part of VMware Player. They take an average of 62.62 MB (65660360 bytes) on disk.

  • mkisofs.exe (422.80 KB)
  • vixDiskMountServer.exe (384.21 KB)
  • vmnat.exe (427.71 KB)
  • VMnetDHCP.exe (350.71 KB)
  • vmplayer.exe (2.61 MB)
  • vmUpdateLauncher.exe (34.71 KB)
  • vmware-authd.exe (85.21 KB)
  • vmware-kvm.exe (622.21 KB)
  • vmware-remotemks-debug.exe (4.90 MB)
  • vmware-remotemks.exe (4.63 MB)
  • vmware-unity-helper.exe (186.21 KB)
  • vmware-vmx-debug.exe (21.52 MB)
  • vmware-vmx.exe (17.14 MB)
  • vnetlib.exe (736.21 KB)
  • vnetsniffer.exe (344.21 KB)
  • vnetstats.exe (330.71 KB)
  • vprintproxy.exe (18.71 KB)
  • zip.exe (291.71 KB)
  • ovftool.exe (6.63 MB)
  • storePwd.exe (70.21 KB)
  • VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (595.71 KB)
  • VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (203.71 KB)
  • VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (203.71 KB)
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This page is about VMware Player version 6.0.7 alone. For other VMware Player versions please click below:

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VMware Player has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall VMware Player:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\VMware\player.log

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Player
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player


A way to uninstall VMware Player from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is a program marketed by the software company VMware, Inc.. Sometimes, people want to uninstall this application. Sometimes this can be difficult because uninstalling this manually requires some skill regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE approach to uninstall VMware Player is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





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

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  • download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


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


5. A list of the programs existing on your PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find VMware Player or simply click the Search feature and type in "VMware Player". If it exists on your system the VMware Player application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click VMware Player in the list , the following information regarding the application is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding VMware Player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the app you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove VMware Player.
Uninstall VMware Player


8. After uninstalling VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong VMware Player which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling VMware Player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 8 (6.2)
  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • 10.0
  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
  • Windows Vista (6.0)
  • Windows XP (5.1)
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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove VMware Player by VMware, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that VMware Player by VMware, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove VMware Player supposing you decide this is what you want to do. 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.

2016-06-19 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-19 18:24:21.267