VMware Player

A way to uninstall VMware Player from your system

This info is about VMware Player for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by VMware, Inc.. Further information on VMware, Inc. can be found here. The application's main executable file occupies 1.52 MB (1595312 bytes) on disk and is named vmplayer.exe.

VMware Player installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 63.56 MB (66643000 bytes) on disk.

• 7za.exe (1.04 MB)
• drvInst64.exe (480.92 KB)
• mkisofs.exe (430.52 KB)
• vixDiskMountServer.exe (436.42 KB)
• vmnat.exe (392.92 KB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (357.92 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (1.52 MB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (44.98 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (93.92 KB)
• vmware-kvm.exe (617.92 KB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (4.72 MB)
• vmware-shell-ext-thunker.exe (86.92 KB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (196.42 KB)
• vnetlib.exe (930.92 KB)
• vnetlib64.exe (1.06 MB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (265.92 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (261.42 KB)
• vprintproxy.exe (25.92 KB)
• zip.exe (299.42 KB)
• ovftool.exe (4.80 MB)
• storePwd.exe (77.92 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (663.43 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (211.42 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (211.42 KB)
• tpm2emu.exe (1,001.42 KB)
• vmware-vmx-debug.exe (23.92 MB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (19.57 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 14.1.5 of VMware Player. You can find below info on other versions of VMware Player:

• 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
• 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
• 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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Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you uninstall VMware Player.

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\DAE427E0480BC4342BC831DE53A67A05
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{0E724EAD-B084-434C-B28C-13ED356AA750}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player

Additional values that are not removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\DAE427E0480BC4342BC831DE53A67A05\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{0E724EAD-B084-434C-B28C-13ED356AA750}\

A way to erase VMware Player from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is an application released by VMware, Inc.. Some users try to erase it. Sometimes this can be troublesome because removing this by hand takes some experience related to PCs. One of the best SIMPLE approach to erase 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 good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to clean your PC.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find VMware Player or simply click the Search feature and type in "VMware Player". The VMware Player app will be found automatically. After you click VMware Player in the list , some information about the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about VMware Player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall VMware Player.


8. After removing VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press 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 asked if you want to delete them. By removing VMware Player using 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 able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove VMware Player by VMware, Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that VMware Player by VMware, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove 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' PCs.