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A guide to uninstall VMware Player from your system

This web page is about VMware Player for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by VMware, Inc.. Take a look here for more info on VMware, Inc.. Click on to get more details about VMware Player on VMware, Inc.'s website. Usually the VMware Player program is installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player directory, depending on the user's option during install. VMware Player's complete uninstall command line is MsiExec.exe /I{A53A11EA-0095-493F-86FA-A15E8A86A405}. The program's main executable file has a size of 35.05 KB (35888 bytes) on disk and is titled vmware-acetool.exe.

VMware Player is comprised of the following executables which occupy 19.88 MB (20841136 bytes) on disk:

  • drvInst64.exe (418.05 KB)
  • farexec-service.exe (582.55 KB)
  • hqtray.exe (62.55 KB)
  • unzip.exe (170.55 KB)
  • vixDiskMountServer.exe (66.55 KB)
  • vmnat.exe (390.55 KB)
  • vmnetcfg.exe (24.55 KB)
  • VMnetDHCP.exe (318.55 KB)
  • vmplayer-service.exe (74.55 KB)
  • vmplayer.exe (3.05 MB)
  • vmware-acetool.exe (35.05 KB)
  • vmware-authd.exe (110.55 KB)
  • vmware-ufad.exe (186.55 KB)
  • vmware-unity-helper.exe (150.55 KB)
  • vmware-vmx.exe (10.84 MB)
  • vnetlib.exe (654.55 KB)
  • vnetlib64.exe (864.55 KB)
  • vnetsniffer.exe (310.55 KB)
  • vnetstats.exe (298.55 KB)
  • vprintproxy.exe (9.00 KB)
  • zip.exe (138.55 KB)
  • bootrun.exe (178.55 KB)
  • customize.exe (314.55 KB)
  • deployPkg.exe (74.55 KB)
  • guestcustutil.exe (486.55 KB)
  • upgrader.exe (202.55 KB)
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This info is about VMware Player version 2.5.2.7026 alone. Click on the links below for other VMware Player versions:

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A way to uninstall VMware Player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is a program marketed by the software company VMware, Inc.. Some computer users try to erase it. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because removing this by hand takes some know-how related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY action to erase VMware Player is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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  • download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


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


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find VMware Player or simply activate the Search field and type in "VMware Player". If it exists on your system the VMware Player app will be found automatically. After you select VMware Player in the list of apps, some information about the program is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about VMware Player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the app you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for VMware Player:





  • The web site of the program is: http://www.vmware.com
  • The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{A53A11EA-0095-493F-86FA-A15E8A86A405}
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall VMware Player.
Uninstall VMware Player


8. After uninstalling VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong VMware Player that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing VMware Player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • Windows XP (5.1)
  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove VMware Player by VMware, Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that VMware Player by VMware, Inc. is not a good software application. 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 stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2016-08-10 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-08-09 22:00:46.207