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A guide to uninstall VMware Player from your PC

VMware Player is a Windows application. Read below about how to remove it from your PC. It is made by VMware, Inc.. More information on VMware, Inc. can be seen here. VMware Player's complete uninstall command line is MsiExec.exe /I{E452E727-86B8-4233-8CC3-41FD817AFAFF}. vmplayer.exe is the programs's main file and it takes close to 2.57 MB (2691736 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of VMware Player. They occupy an average of 33.82 MB (35461544 bytes) on disk.

  • mkisofs.exe (421.74 KB)
  • vixDiskMountServer.exe (408.15 KB)
  • vmnat.exe (425.65 KB)
  • VMnetDHCP.exe (348.65 KB)
  • vmplayer.exe (2.57 MB)
  • vmUpdateLauncher.exe (58.65 KB)
  • vmware-authd.exe (78.00 KB)
  • vmware-remotemks-debug.exe (2.97 MB)
  • vmware-remotemks.exe (2.74 MB)
  • vmware-unity-helper.exe (183.65 KB)
  • vmware-vmx.exe (14.64 MB)
  • vnetlib.exe (739.15 KB)
  • vnetsniffer.exe (343.15 KB)
  • vnetstats.exe (330.15 KB)
  • vprintproxy.exe (11.00 KB)
  • zip.exe (290.65 KB)
  • ovftool.exe (6.31 MB)
  • storePwd.exe (68.65 KB)
  • VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (585.65 KB)
  • VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (202.65 KB)
  • VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (202.65 KB)
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The information on this page is only about version 5.0.1 of VMware Player. For other VMware Player versions please click below:

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Several files, folders and registry entries will be left behind when you remove VMware Player from your computer.

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be cleaned; 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\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player


How to erase VMware Player from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is a program released by the software company VMware, Inc.. Frequently, users choose to uninstall it. Sometimes this is efortful because doing this manually requires some skill regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best SIMPLE action 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 on your Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to clean your Windows PC.

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  • download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


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


5. All the applications installed on the PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find VMware Player or simply click the Search feature and type in "VMware Player". The VMware Player application will be found automatically. Notice that when you click VMware Player in the list , some information regarding the application is made available to you:


  • Safety 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.
  • Technical information regarding the application you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove VMware Player.
Uninstall VMware Player


8. After removing VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong VMware Player that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing VMware Player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows XP (5.1)
  • 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, nor are we saying that VMware Player by VMware, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove VMware Player in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2016-11-29 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-11-29 06:46:21.477