VMware Player

A way to uninstall VMware Player from your computer

This page is about VMware Player for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It is developed by VMware, Inc.. Take a look here for more details on VMware, Inc.. VMware Player's complete uninstall command line is MsiExec.exe /I{E452E727-86B8-4233-8CC3-41FD817AFAFF}. The application's main executable file has a size of 2.61 MB (2736344 bytes) on disk and is labeled vmplayer.exe.

VMware Player is comprised of the following executables which occupy 62.50 MB (65532736 bytes) on disk:

• mkisofs.exe (422.80 KB)
• vixDiskMountServer.exe (384.71 KB)
• vmnat.exe (427.71 KB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (350.71 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (2.61 MB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (34.08 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (84.71 KB)
• vmware-kvm.exe (621.21 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 (21.53 MB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (17.15 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 (6.50 MB)
• storePwd.exe (70.21 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (595.21 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (203.71 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (203.71 KB)

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The current page applies to VMware Player version 6.0.3 alone. Click on the links below for other VMware Player versions:

• 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
• 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
• 12.5.3
• 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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If planning to uninstall VMware Player you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

The files below are left behind on your disk when you remove VMware Player:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\VMware.Workstation.Player.14.1.3-(www.Patoghu.com).rar.lnk

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Player
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{F73534C6-3B48-40E7-9ED8-C3E6FF693FFF}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player

Additional values that you should remove:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{F73534C6-3B48-40E7-9ED8-C3E6FF693FFF}\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\TempPackages\C:\Windows\Installer\{F73534C6-3B48-40E7-9ED8-C3E6FF693FFF}\_generic.ico

How to remove VMware Player from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is an application by the software company VMware, Inc.. Sometimes, users want to uninstall it. Sometimes this is efortful because performing this manually requires some knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY practice to uninstall VMware Player is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is 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 all around tool to clean your computer.

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• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs installed on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate VMware Player or simply activate the Search feature and type in "VMware Player". If it is installed on your PC the VMware Player program will be found automatically. Notice that after you select VMware Player in the list , the following information about the program is shown to you:

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

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall VMware Player.


8. After removing VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong VMware Player which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling VMware Player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall VMware Player by VMware, Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that VMware Player by VMware, Inc. is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall VMware Player in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.