VMware Player

A guide to uninstall VMware Player from your system

You can find on this page detailed information on how to remove VMware Player for Windows. It is made by VMware, Inc.. More information about VMware, Inc. can be seen here. VMware Player's main file takes about 1.67 MB (1745968 bytes) and its name is vmplayer.exe.

The executable files below are installed alongside VMware Player. They occupy about 72.20 MB (75709168 bytes) on disk.

• 7za.exe (1.11 MB)
• drvInst64.exe (524.55 KB)
• mkisofs.exe (432.64 KB)
• vixDiskMountServer.exe (454.12 KB)
• vmnat.exe (399.05 KB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (370.55 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (1.67 MB)
• vmrest.exe (5.89 MB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (55.92 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (97.55 KB)
• vmware-kvm.exe (662.71 KB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (3.09 MB)
• vmware-shell-ext-thunker.exe (95.71 KB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (193.21 KB)
• vnetlib.exe (1.01 MB)
• vnetlib64.exe (1.21 MB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (281.55 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (276.05 KB)
• vprintproxy.exe (31.21 KB)
• zip.exe (301.21 KB)
• cdb.exe (480.83 KB)
• ovftool.exe (5.02 MB)
• storePwd.exe (129.71 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (710.21 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (213.21 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (213.21 KB)
• mksSandbox-debug.exe (3.46 MB)
• mksSandbox.exe (2.93 MB)
• tpm2emu.exe (1,011.71 KB)
• vmware-vmx-debug.exe (22.94 MB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (17.10 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 15.5.6 of VMware Player. 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
• 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
• 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
• 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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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Some of these are listed below.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall VMware Player:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DRb14100.31811\VMware.Player.15.5.6.x64
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DRb3516.16878\VMware.Player.15.5.6.x64
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$DRb3516.20410\VMware.Player.15.5.6.x64
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXb3516.15138\VMware.Player.15.5.6.x64

The files below are left behind on your disk by VMware Player when you uninstall it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXb3516.15138\VMware.Player.15.5.6.x64\Soft98.iR.url
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXb3516.15138\VMware.Player.15.5.6.x64\VMware-player-15.5.6-16341506_Soft98.iR.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\VMware\player.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\VMware.Player.15.5.6.x64.rar.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\VMware.Player.17.5.x64.rar.lnk

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\18546AD4617470F4488DE3B78D5096E0
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{4DA64581-4716-4F07-84D8-3E7BD805690E}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player

Open regedit.exe to remove the registry values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\18546AD4617470F4488DE3B78D5096E0\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{4DA64581-4716-4F07-84D8-3E7BD805690E}\

How to uninstall VMware Player from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is an application offered by the software company VMware, Inc.. Sometimes, computer users want to erase this application. Sometimes this is hard because deleting this manually takes some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. One of 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 already installed on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications existing on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate VMware Player or simply click the Search field and type in "VMware Player". The VMware Player application will be found very quickly. When you click VMware Player in the list , the following information regarding the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding VMware Player, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove VMware Player.


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

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

Disclaimer

The text above 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 computer. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall VMware Player in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.