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A way to uninstall VMware Player from your PC

This page contains thorough information on how to remove VMware Player for Windows. It is made by VMware, Inc.. Check out here where you can find out more on VMware, Inc.. Click on to get more details about VMware Player on VMware, Inc.'s website. The program is often found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player directory (same installation drive as Windows). You can uninstall VMware Player by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /I{E452E727-86B8-4233-8CC3-41FD817AFAFF}. Note that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. vmware-authd.exe is the VMware Player's main executable file and it occupies close to 77.50 KB (79360 bytes) on disk.

VMware Player installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 54.05 MB (56673008 bytes) on disk.

  • drvInst64.exe (433.65 KB)
  • mkisofs.exe (421.74 KB)
  • vixDiskMountServer.exe (408.15 KB)
  • vmnat.exe (423.65 KB)
  • VMnetDHCP.exe (346.15 KB)
  • vmplayer.exe (3.93 MB)
  • vmUpdateLauncher.exe (58.65 KB)
  • vmware-authd.exe (77.50 KB)
  • vmware-remotemks-debug.exe (2.85 MB)
  • vmware-remotemks.exe (2.60 MB)
  • vmware-unity-helper.exe (175.12 KB)
  • vmware-vmx.exe (14.40 MB)
  • vnetlib.exe (743.65 KB)
  • vnetlib64.exe (896.15 KB)
  • vnetsniffer.exe (340.65 KB)
  • vnetstats.exe (326.15 KB)
  • vprintproxy.exe (11.00 KB)
  • zip.exe (290.65 KB)
  • ovftool.exe (8.67 MB)
  • storePwd.exe (68.65 KB)
  • VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (588.15 KB)
  • VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (202.65 KB)
  • VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (202.65 KB)
  • vmware-vmx.exe (15.72 MB)
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The information on this page is only about version 4.0.5.33341 of VMware Player. Click on the links below for other VMware Player versions:

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

VMware Player is an application offered by the software company VMware, Inc.. Frequently, people decide to remove this program. This can be easier said than done because performing this manually requires some experience related to PCs. One of the best SIMPLE practice 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 system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general tool to clean your system.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools button
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4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate VMware Player or simply click the Search feature and type in "VMware Player". If it is installed on your PC the VMware Player app will be found very quickly. After you click VMware Player in the list of programs, some data about the application is made available to you:


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





  • The web site of the application is: http://www.vmware.com
  • The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{E452E727-86B8-4233-8CC3-41FD817AFAFF}
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove VMware Player.
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8. After removing 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 which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling VMware Player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows 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 recommendation to remove VMware Player by VMware, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that VMware Player by VMware, Inc. is not a good application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove VMware Player supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2015-03-10 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-03-09 23:03:35.577