VMware Player

A way to uninstall VMware Player from your system

You can find below detailed information on how to remove VMware Player for Windows. It is produced by VMware, Inc.. Take a look here for more info on VMware, Inc.. The program's main executable file is titled vmplayer.exe and its approximative size is 1.74 MB (1822368 bytes).

The following executable files are incorporated in VMware Player. They take 154.33 MB (161829560 bytes) on disk.

• 7za.exe (1.11 MB)
• containerd-shim-crx-v2.exe (20.13 MB)
• containerd.exe (18.53 MB)
• drvInst64.exe (532.16 KB)
• mkisofs.exe (435.74 KB)
• vixDiskMountServer.exe (403.79 KB)
• vmnat.exe (418.16 KB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (374.65 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (1.74 MB)
• vmrest.exe (6.80 MB)
• vmrun.exe (506.80 KB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (59.75 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (86.16 KB)
• vmware-kvm.exe (685.15 KB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (3.70 MB)
• vmware-shell-ext-thunker.exe (99.80 KB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (196.16 KB)
• vnetlib.exe (1.01 MB)
• vnetlib64.exe (1.21 MB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (285.80 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (280.30 KB)
• vprintproxy.exe (34.66 KB)
• zip.exe (305.30 KB)
• docker-machine-driver-vmware.exe (8.68 MB)
• vctl.exe (26.81 MB)
• ovftool.exe (5.41 MB)
• storePwd.exe (134.66 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (752.16 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (217.30 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (217.30 KB)
• mksSandbox-debug.exe (4.74 MB)
• mksSandbox.exe (3.89 MB)
• tpm2emu.exe (985.65 KB)
• vmware-vmx-debug.exe (24.98 MB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (18.72 MB)

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This web page is about VMware Player version 16.2.5 alone. You can find below info on other application 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
• 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
• 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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When you're planning to uninstall VMware Player you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B8C3488CFB293F946AC29601CC12517D
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{C8843C8B-92BF-49F3-A62C-6910CC2115D7}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc.\VMware Player

Additional values that you should clean:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B8C3488CFB293F946AC29601CC12517D\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{C8843C8B-92BF-49F3-A62C-6910CC2115D7}\

A way to delete VMware Player from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Player is a program by the software company VMware, Inc.. Sometimes, people want to remove this program. This is efortful because performing this manually requires some experience related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK way to remove 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 Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows PC.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications existing on your 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". If it exists on your system the VMware Player app will be found automatically. After you select VMware Player in the list , the following data regarding the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding VMware Player, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - 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 window will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove VMware Player.


8. After removing VMware Player, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong VMware Player which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing VMware Player with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall VMware Player by VMware, Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that VMware Player by VMware, Inc. is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall VMware Player in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.