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A guide to uninstall VMware Player from your PC

This web page contains complete information on how to uninstall VMware Player for Windows. It is produced by VMware, Inc.. Open here where you can read more on VMware, Inc.. MsiExec.exe /I{E452E727-86B8-4233-8CC3-41FD817AFAFF} is the full command line if you want to remove VMware Player. vmplayer.exe is the VMware Player's main executable file and it occupies around 2.61 MB (2736856 bytes) on disk.

VMware Player installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 62.49 MB (65525056 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 (85.21 KB)
  • vmware-kvm.exe (622.21 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 (21.52 MB)
  • vmware-vmx.exe (17.14 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 (595.71 KB)
  • VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (203.71 KB)
  • VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (203.71 KB)
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This info is about VMware Player version 6.0.5 alone. You can find here a few links to other VMware Player releases:

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VMware Player has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall VMware Player from your PC:
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player

The files below were left behind on your disk by VMware Player when you uninstall it:
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\adjperm.dll
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\amqp.dll
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\elevated.dll
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\EULA.jp.rtf
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\EULA.rtf
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\EULA.zh_CN.rtf
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\glib-2.0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\glibmm-2.4.dll
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\gmodule-2.0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\gobject-2.0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\gthread-2.0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\gvmomi.dll
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\caution_small.png
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\crawler-index.html
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\css\GUID-B736FF36-E483-45ED-AC5B-AEAE1E80B0DA.css
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\css\webworks.css
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-012378D8-A995-4B78-AAD3-5A4223C4093E.html
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-03C01EDE-FC56-4721-AD1C-47AF401DF210.html
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-073AC88A-BDCD-45ED-B814-ABC2EEB19580.html
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-08BB8EBB-56A5-47C0-8467-31FA0BFAAD6A.html
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-08BB9465-D40A-4E16-9E15-8C016CC8166F.html
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  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-BBB8290A-F7BA-4BAA-B97F-343FF062C88C.html
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  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-C70F2B15-66F1-4EC9-BAA5-CE5FBD885AF8.html
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-C78B6B4E-A3F0-42B2-80E8-11EBE8086DE8.html
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-C82DCB68-2EFA-460A-A765-37225883337D.html
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-CC791418-B30C-487D-8F57-E7E855B61549.html
  • C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\help\player\GUID-CFBC64DD-E9BE-42E2-9462-453A13AB8442.html

Registry keys:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\727E254E8B683324C83C14DF18A7AFFF
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\Installer\VMware Player
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player

Open regedit.exe to remove the registry values below from the Windows Registry:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\vmplayer.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\727E254E8B683324C83C14DF18A7AFFF\ProductName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Player\
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMAuthdService\ImagePath


A way to remove VMware Player using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is an application marketed by the software company VMware, Inc.. Sometimes, people decide to erase it. This is hard because uninstalling this manually requires some skill regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE way to erase 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 a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


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


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate VMware Player or simply click the Search feature and type in "VMware Player". If it exists on your system the VMware Player application will be found very quickly. When you select VMware Player in the list of programs, the following data regarding the application is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding VMware Player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details regarding the app you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove VMware Player.
Uninstall VMware Player


8. After uninstalling VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of 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 can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 7 (6.1)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall 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 uninstall VMware Player supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2015-03-02 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-03-02 14:10:03.703