VMware Player

A way to uninstall VMware Player from your system

This web page contains detailed information on how to uninstall VMware Player for Windows. It was created for Windows by VMware, Inc. More information about VMware, Inc can be seen here. The application is often located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player folder (same installation drive as Windows). VMware Player's complete uninstall command line is C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware. vmplayer.exe is the VMware Player's primary executable file and it occupies approximately 2.57 MB (2690712 bytes) on disk.

VMware Player is comprised of the following executables which take 51.13 MB (53618544 bytes) on disk:

• drvInst64.exe (437.15 KB)
• mkisofs.exe (421.74 KB)
• vixDiskMountServer.exe (408.15 KB)
• vmnat.exe (425.65 KB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (348.65 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (2.57 MB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (58.65 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (78.00 KB)
• vmware-remotemks-debug.exe (2.97 MB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (2.74 MB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (183.65 KB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (14.64 MB)
• vnetlib.exe (739.15 KB)
• vnetlib64.exe (887.15 KB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (343.15 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (330.15 KB)
• vprintproxy.exe (11.00 KB)
• zip.exe (290.65 KB)
• ovftool.exe (6.31 MB)
• storePwd.exe (68.65 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (585.65 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (202.65 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (202.65 KB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (16.02 MB)

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This info is about VMware Player version 5.0.0 alone. You can find below info on other application versions of VMware Player:

• 5.0.1
• 4.0.6.35970
• 3.1.4.16648
• 7.1.1
• 3.0.1.11056
• 5.0.4
• 4.0.4.30409
• 6.0.6
• 3.0.0.9563
• 6.0.2
• 7.1.2
• 6.0.1
• 4.0.5.30808
• 7.0.0
• 6.0.7
• 4.0.2.28060
• 3.1.0.12623
• 6.0.3
• 4.0.5.33341
• 6.0.5
• 7.1.3
• 3.1.5.19539
• 7.1.4
• 6.0.0
• 3.1.6.30422
• 4.0.0.18997
• 4.0.1.27038
• 4.0.3.29699
• 6.0.4
• 3.0.0.9911
• 3.1.2.14247
• 3.1.1.13618
• 5.0.2
• 7.1.0
• 3.1.3.14951
• 5.0.3

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VMware Player has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player

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

• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\adjperm.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\amqp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\drvInst64.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\elevated.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\EULA.jp.rtf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\EULA.rtf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\glib-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\glibmm-2.4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\gmodule-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\gobject-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\gthread-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\gvmomi.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\caution_small.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\css\GUID-B736FF36-E483-45ED-AC5B-AEAE1E80B0DA.css
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\css\webworks.css
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-012378D8-A995-4B78-AAD3-5A4223C4093E.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-03C01EDE-FC56-4721-AD1C-47AF401DF210.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-073AC88A-BDCD-45ED-B814-ABC2EEB19580.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-08BB8EBB-56A5-47C0-8467-31FA0BFAAD6A.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-08BB9465-D40A-4E16-9E15-8C016CC8166F.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-0C23FCBF-F0CC-447B-A08E-35B90C52091E.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-0E8D0627-45E3-4845-A635-CC19C4DD230F.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-0F9C34F0-9869-44A8-BD63-CD96B72E1B81.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-1109A03F-3BD3-4292-AEF6-D943445519B5.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-111F7A5A-A46D-4ECF-9B22-CD8D756F9FFF.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-13804128-3436-422C-80EC-A1697EF75C17.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-15632A58-9EB1-4D9B-9F0D-42C4136E2832.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-15BBACE2-44DA-41A3-8355-D2BA8CA4549D.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-16FBB720-2D65-40C9-989C-6809629BAABB.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-185E246A-8460-476E-B4D2-956CA8E9BEA1.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-2259F241-B5A6-4856-8657-139A88E57B95.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-237CCEC5-83F7-484F-A349-BF23C32B8F3C.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-24DD2187-AA37-4D14-A5F8-32D31648E0C4.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-291EA0CB-D11F-456C-9A3C-F1D69BEA6B0E.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-29FEE90F-FD7B-44BD-8B52-10C2474CE0AE.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-2A1F74A4-A5F3-4090-9A45-396D6D407CE5.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-2F6C8962-3E2C-49B3-8441-487D7C9E9380.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-3140DF1F-A105-4EED-B9E8-D99B3D3F0447.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-3174F104-A1B0-4845-B967-4C7CE0E47694.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-33C56F64-0274-45D2-B543-626BD4B5841D.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-37EA4A9D-DE43-4159-8982-2DFD9D5959AD.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-391BE4BF-89A9-4DC3-85E7-3D45F5124BC7.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-3B46D3FF-AACF-4495-9A8B-052315247E51.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-3D56BF46-5980-48F1-AB47-CC0CDB814D8B.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-3D5F9B19-08FF-4169-9572-39C46BA0C12F.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-3D812FA7-0CED-408E-B4B1-72A7B5F291EC.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-3F6B9D0E-6CFC-4627-B80B-9A68A5960F60.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-3F94C7B5-19A5-4E91-9709-B17FAA93FF75.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-489559B5-7C16-4C05-94BC-890AA7353A0E.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-51E3DE96-9D21-4655-A7BE-B491789CDC51.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-522EA802-03C9-4891-A100-FF6237898C00.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-5792C64D-5C01-42DD-9036-0F80FB0F3FD8.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-59676FB4-4EA8-4C2D-812D-05008B8CCA50.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-5B49A956-A202-48D2-8832-7F0B24F4DFED.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-5FC42BAD-0AAC-4EAF-8AD9-A41408ECF9BC.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-614D3F69-C022-45EF-BE55-6C822C5FA7B3.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-6291BB29-A3B7-462E-ABB9-B711F2F3A402.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-634F363E-CF25-4F3A-B021-2EF4BC989D07.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-6B97792A-41D7-4787-9341-651BA5000425.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-6DD39513-FA28-4F2E-B50C-0DB6D8E6FE65.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-6F261E98-8F81-490D-A904-DE675EE2E130.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-6F7BE33A-3B8A-4C57-9C35-656CE05BE22D.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-7DAD8EC0-0403-4152-86ED-99700F6C02B8.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-81932397-8211-499E-925E-98FC73428636.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-82E79E50-3073-4081-9FE6-0927076EA0AD.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-845C34CF-3CAE-4EA9-BA95-2727010963C4.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-852EBDB6-EA76-4D1C-9F49-FD3A315E3B17.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-896E61F5-0865-4D3B-975E-DE476AFC7168.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-8B1431E2-5E72-4B85-80BA-43B8875AB090.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-8C477788-7700-4030-8C4A-039C02AABB74.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-95232C52-C5A8-471B-A6A1-C7323A97FECA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-983966AF-15B9-4AB9-BD27-CC89FD7BC690.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-9A1EC217-58F6-4E97-BF50-1C5581B9C55A.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-9A4F4019-CEEA-4BB6-9345-5B4A20D7A4BF.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-9AC1C866-59E1-4AB3-BEB3-5A3141525036.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-9E9150EC-BB35-4B28-A9F5-36F63C53E8DA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-A2491004-1C67-4E14-B47B-807E20C19108.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-A419887C-ABCB-4923-B9BA-773302E858F5.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-A5F10755-6501-4AB4-9C71-F6482073B10A.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-A6792F54-2734-4AF4-9473-C8B9AD8321AF.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-A6D5BFF7-13AB-4141-B433-93D200D0F907.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-A7C425AD-13EF-4CEA-8023-5B3DC0C25E68.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-A8F1A7C7-3CD0-4C19-B7F5-9CDD642AEC04.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-A93BA99A-E182-478F-A5EF-470F31BAA1EE.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-AB5C80FE-9B8A-4899-8186-3DB8201B1758.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-B0A2A7C1-6405-4F05-BA57-E09F22D87FBE.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-B0F79988-D4DE-4BED-A7B5-57405BDABB41.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-B29FC544-B15F-4E94-882A-B383C88B5A85.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-B736FF36-E483-45ED-AC5B-AEAE1E80B0DA.1.106.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-BBB8290A-F7BA-4BAA-B97F-343FF062C88C.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-BD914064-D20D-4032-9373-88F4DA7AE7C6.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-C46FF1E8-D30E-46A3-ACF7-98F0CCAD52F7.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-C6066CB0-33EA-4652-9AB3-0324080DCBEE.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-C70F2B15-66F1-4EC9-BAA5-CE5FBD885AF8.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-C78B6B4E-A3F0-42B2-80E8-11EBE8086DE8.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-C82DCB68-2EFA-460A-A765-37225883337D.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-CC791418-B30C-487D-8F57-E7E855B61549.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-CFBC64DD-E9BE-42E2-9462-453A13AB8442.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-D6D9A5FD-7F5F-4C95-AFAB-EDE9335F5562.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player\help\player_win\GUID-D6E6E770-2D4A-4D8A-B08F-D71EA2D6A8B6.html

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\6CB1A23127AD2E34783FB6918FF9873F
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\VMware_Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\Installer\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player

Additional values that you should clean:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\6CB1A23127AD2E34783FB6918FF9873F\ProductName

How to remove VMware Player from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is an application by VMware, Inc. Sometimes, people want to remove this program. Sometimes this is difficult because doing this by hand requires some experience regarding Windows internal functioning. The best EASY solution to remove VMware Player is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate VMware Player or simply click the Search field and type in "VMware Player". The VMware Player program will be found very quickly. After you click VMware Player in the list of programs, some information about the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have about VMware Player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove VMware Player.


8. After uninstalling VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong VMware Player that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling VMware Player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove VMware Player by VMware, Inc from your computer, nor are we saying that VMware Player by VMware, Inc is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove VMware Player supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.