VMware Tools
A way to uninstall VMware Tools from your computer
This page is about VMware Tools for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is developed by
VMware, Inc.. You can find out more on VMware, Inc. or check for application updates
here. Click on
http://www.vmware.com to get more data about VMware Tools on VMware, Inc.'s website. VMware Tools is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools directory, subject to the user's decision. MsiExec.exe /X{FE2F6A2C-196E-4210-9C04-2B1BC21F07EF} is the full command line if you want to remove VMware Tools. The program's main executable file is named VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe and occupies 665.11 KB (681072 bytes).
VMware Tools is comprised of the following executables which take 6.19 MB (
6487072 bytes) on disk:
- COMREG.EXE (145.11 KB)
- rpctool.exe (121.61 KB)
- TPAutoConnect.exe (630.79 KB)
- TPAutoConnSvc.exe (343.32 KB)
- TPVCGateway.exe (529.78 KB)
- vmtoolsd.exe (60.11 KB)
- VMToolsHookProc.exe (242.61 KB)
- VMUpgradeHelper.exe (252.61 KB)
- VMwareCplLauncher.exe (425.11 KB)
- VMwareHgfsClient.exe (19.61 KB)
- VMwareHostOpen.exe (513.61 KB)
- VMwareResolutionSet.exe (401.61 KB)
- VMwareToolboxCmd.exe (32.61 KB)
- VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (665.11 KB)
- VMwareTray.exe (171.61 KB)
- VMwareUser.exe (1.49 MB)
- VMwareXferlogs.exe (51.61 KB)
- zip.exe (138.61 KB)
- instutil32.exe (64.00 KB)
...click to view all...This info is about VMware Tools version
8.4.5.14951 alone. You can find below info on other versions of VMware Tools:
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A way to erase VMware Tools with Advanced Uninstaller PRO
VMware Tools is an application offered by VMware, Inc.. Sometimes, people try to remove this application. This is efortful because deleting this by hand requires some experience related to Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY solution to remove VMware Tools is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:
1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows system.
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- download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
- install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.
3. Press the General Tools button

4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool

5. A list of the programs existing on the computer will be shown to you
6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate VMware Tools or simply click the Search feature and type in "VMware Tools". If it exists on your system the VMware Tools program will be found automatically. Notice that when you select VMware Tools in the list of programs, the following information regarding the application is shown to you:
- Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding VMware Tools, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
- Technical information regarding the program you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for VMware Tools:
- The publisher is: http://www.vmware.com
- The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{FE2F6A2C-196E-4210-9C04-2B1BC21F07EF}
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall VMware Tools.

8. After uninstalling VMware Tools, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of VMware Tools that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing VMware Tools with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.
Your system will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.
Geographical user distribution
- Windows XP (5.1)
- Windows 7 (6.1)
- Windows Server 2003 (5.2)
Software Application
Disclaimer
The text above is not a piece of advice to remove VMware Tools by VMware, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that VMware Tools by VMware, Inc. is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove VMware Tools in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.
Last update on: 2016-06-27 06:04:39.813