VMware Player

A guide to uninstall VMware Player from your computer

VMware Player is a Windows program. Read below about how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows release was created by VMware, Inc.. You can find out more on VMware, Inc. or check for application updates here. VMware Player's main file takes about 1.50 MB (1575072 bytes) and its name is vmplayer.exe.

The executable files below are installed along with VMware Player. They take about 66.54 MB (69773144 bytes) on disk.

• 7za.exe (1.04 MB)
• drvInst64.exe (444.48 KB)
• mkisofs.exe (429.83 KB)
• vixDiskMountServer.exe (435.98 KB)
• vmnat.exe (391.48 KB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (357.23 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (1.50 MB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (34.71 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (97.66 KB)
• vmware-kvm.exe (655.48 KB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (5.08 MB)
• vmware-shell-ext-thunker.exe (90.48 KB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (198.16 KB)
• vnetlib.exe (915.16 KB)
• vnetlib64.exe (1.07 MB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (264.66 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (259.01 KB)
• vprintproxy.exe (26.48 KB)
• zip.exe (297.59 KB)
• ovftool.exe (6.71 MB)
• storePwd.exe (76.09 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (594.48 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (210.73 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (211.48 KB)
• vmware-vmx-debug.exe (25.26 MB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (20.02 MB)

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The current web page applies to VMware Player version 12.5.3 alone. You can find here a few links to other VMware Player releases:

• 3.0.0.9911
• 15.5.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 2.0.0.45731
• 14.1.8
• 14.0.0
• 12.5.2
• 3.1.4.16648
• 2.5.2.7026
• 15.0.3
• 16.2.5
• 2.0.4.2658
• 12.5.9
• 16.2.2
• 4.0.2.28060
• 12.5.0
• 2.5.1.5078
• 14.1.2
• 17.5.0
• 2.5.0.4558
• 6.0.3
• 12.5.5
• 14.1.6
• 12.5.6
• 12.5.1
• 16.1.0
• 17.5.1
• 6.0.4
• 14.1.3
• 16.0.0
• 12.1.1
• 15.1.0
• 12.1.0
• 2.5.3.8888
• 16.1.1
• 4.0.6.35970
• 5.0.1
• 15.5.5
• 14.1.1
• 15.5.2
• 4.0.0.18997
• 15.5.1
• 5.0.2
• 15.0.1
• 14.1.4
• 12.0.1
• 3.1.2.14247
• 14.1.5
• 16.2.1
• 16.1.2
• 12.5.8
• 16.2.4
• 14.1.0
• 4.0.4.30409
• 17.0.2
• 2.5.4.11892
• 4.0.5.33341
• 2.0.3.1613
• 3.1.3.14951
• 15.5.6
• 6.0.0
• 12.5.4
• 4.0.3.29699
• 14.1.7
• 17.0.0
• 3.1.6.30422
• 3.1.5.19539
• 15.0.4
• 15.0.2
• 15.5.7
• 6.0.5
• 2.0.2.59824
• 16.2.3
• 12.0.0
• 17.0.1
• 12.5.7
• 2.5.5.15075
• 16.2.0
• 6.0.7
• 15.0.0
• 2.0.5.3938

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Files remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\VMware\player.log

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{6F56D83D-1A5B-4965-9FDA-1E0A72CC93FF}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{6F56D83D-1A5B-4965-9FDA-1E0A72CC93FF}\

A way to erase VMware Player with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is an application released by the software company VMware, Inc.. Some computer users want to remove this program. Sometimes this can be troublesome because uninstalling this manually takes some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE way to remove 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 PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to optimize your computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications installed on the computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find VMware Player or simply activate the Search feature and type in "VMware Player". If it is installed on your PC the VMware Player app will be found automatically. When you click VMware Player in the list of programs, the following data about the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about VMware Player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove VMware Player.


8. After uninstalling VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of VMware Player which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling VMware Player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall VMware Player by VMware, Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that VMware Player by VMware, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall VMware Player supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.