VMware Tools
How to uninstall VMware Tools from your system
VMware Tools is a Windows program. Read more about how to remove it from your computer. It was coded for Windows by VMware, Inc.. Check out here for more information on VMware, Inc.. Click on http://www.vmware.com to get more data about VMware Tools on VMware, Inc.'s website. Usually the VMware Tools program is found in the C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools directory, depending on the user's option during setup. You can remove VMware Tools by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /X{96B74176-0BA4-4F5D-B3A5-466EAD9E73BD}. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file is called vmtoolsd.exe and occupies 61.11 KB (62576 bytes).VMware Tools is composed of the following executables which take 2.05 MB (2145040 bytes) on disk:
- rpctool.exe (96.11 KB)
- TPAutoConnect.exe (444.88 KB)
- TPAutoConnSvc.exe (257.32 KB)
- TPVCGateway.exe (384.87 KB)
- unzip.exe (170.61 KB)
- vmtoolsd.exe (61.11 KB)
- VMwareCplLauncher.exe (24.61 KB)
- VMwareHgfsClient.exe (19.11 KB)
- VMwareHostOpen.exe (67.61 KB)
- VMwareResolutionSet.exe (298.61 KB)
- VMwareToolboxCmd.exe (33.11 KB)
- VMwareTray.exe (57.11 KB)
- VMwareXferlogs.exe (41.11 KB)
- zip.exe (138.61 KB)
The information on this page is only about version 8.8.0.7539 of VMware Tools. You can find below info on other application versions of VMware Tools:
- 10.1.5.5055683
- 8.6.0.6261
- 10.1.10.6082533
- 3.00.0000
- 9.4.15.2827462
- 7.8.6.8888
- 7.9.6.5197
- 8.4.8.19539
- 9.2.0.15626
- 11.1.1.16303738
- 8.3.12.8191
- 7.8.5.7026
- 8.6.14.36427
- 9.4.11.2400950
- 3.1.0000
- 10.0.6.3560309
- 11.1.0.16036546
- 7.7.6.2712
- 9.4.0.1399439
- 8.6.5.11214
- 9.0.5.21789
- 8.1.4.11056
- 10.1.5.5055693
- 9.4.5.1734305
- 8.3.7.6505
- 9.0.12.35149
- 8.8.1.9139
- 10.0.9.3917699
- 9.0.10.29005
- 11.2.1.17243207
- 3.1.2.17734
- 8.8.4.13798
- 10.0.0.2977863
- 12.2.6.22229486
- 9.4.6.1770165
- 8.6.5.11852
- 10.0.10.4301679
- 3.1.0.2658
- 8.6.15.44134
- 8.6.11.23921
- 10.1.7.5541682
- 12.3.0.22234872
- 8.6.5.13851
- 10.0.8.3746311
- 9.0.11.32667
- 9.0.13.38765
- 9.6.5.2700074
- 9.2.3.21136
- 7.8.3.4558
- 9.9.2.2496486
- 8.0.2.16474
- 8.8.0.7367
- 12.0.5.19716617
- 11.1.0.16493622
- 7.8.4.5078
- 9.6.4.2441333
- 10.0.12.4448491
- 11.2.6.17901274
- 12.1.0.20219665
- 3.1.0.1613
- 11.0.6.15940789
- 10.1.15.6677369
- 10.1.15.6627299
- 9.6.6.2649738
- 9.10.5.2981885
- 8.6.12.28992
- 10.0.6.3595377
- 8.3.17.17464
- 9.10.1.2791197
- 10.3.2.9925305
- 8.0.1.12171
- 11.0.0.14686277
- 11.2.0.16371363
- 10.2.5.8068393
- 9.10.0.2476743
- 7.7.0.1463223
- 9.0.15.41796
- 10.0.1.3160059
- 8.0.2.14744
- 11.2.5.17337674
- 10.1.0.4449150
- 9.10.1.2731977
- 9.4.6.1752774
- 9.2.2.18018
- 10.2.5.8068406
- 3.1.2.14664
- 9.0.15.45013
- 9.6.2.1688356
- 8.4.9.30422
- 9.4.0.1585188
- 9.4.12.2627939
- 8.3.7.4937
- 8.6.0.6868
- 11.0.1.14773994
- 12.1.5.20735119
- 8.1.3.9911
- 9.5.2.1244834
- 9.4.0.1280544
- 8.4.4.14247
- 10.2.1.8267844
Some files, folders and Windows registry data can not be deleted when you remove VMware Tools from your computer.
Folders left behind when you uninstall VMware Tools:
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools
Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall VMware Tools:
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\deployPkg.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\hgfs\vmhgfs.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\hgfs\vmhgfs.sys
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\hgfs\wow64\vmhgfs.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\glib-2.0.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\glibmm-2.4.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\gmodule-2.0.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\gobject-2.0.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\gthread-2.0.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\gio-2.0.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\caution_small.png
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\css\GUID-0FB09365-74C8-4874-8DCF-9F3719AB8796.css
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\css\webworks.css
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-0BD592B1-A300-4C09-808A-BB447FAE2C2A.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-14D1E2BE-8CE5-411A-A02C-B00A6940FBAD.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-151025AE-6641-428B-9818-5E06916543F3.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-20195825-7E66-4106-B3E6-74001DF94A09.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-2D52EA83-C33F-47FA-9C6E-9E6443EA0CB2.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-35D8817F-5193-4315-AAF9-575CBDEE1B8F.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-6994A5F9-B62B-4BF1-99D8-E325874A4C7A.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-7F59A4E0-2B6D-4430-9C25-B6F17C4DE510.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-7F9CD622-B66C-40D4-82D4-50FF23BD36EE.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-87CDBAF9-171C-4CA2-973E-A3EC03A38C71.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-A024460D-28A4-4541-B6BB-CFA1A31D9CE9.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-A113A508-788B-4871-86A4-0D8C987FE4D9.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-DE30092C-D613-4978-A68B-C0642B828909.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-F8FE08FF-BCE2-4796-8B85-41A31070073A.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\GUID-FB7FA658-7622-4680-BD9F-7A6670C12794.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\images\blank.gif
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- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\images\seertlow.gif
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\images\seertup.gif
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\index.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\scripts\expand.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\warning_small.gif
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\common\alinks.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\common\context.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\common\files.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\common\synonyms.xml
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\common\title.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\common\topics.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\common\towwhdir.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\common\wwhpagef.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\info.txt
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\js\index.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\js\search.js
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- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\js\search\pairs\pair9.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\js\search\search0.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\js\toc.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\xml\files.xml
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\xml\ix.xml
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhdata\xml\toc.xml
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\books.xml
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\images\altclose.gif
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\images\altopen.gif
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\messages.xml
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\settings.xml
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\wwhimpl\api.htm
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\wwhimpl\common\html\alinks.htm
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\wwhimpl\common\html\banner.htm
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\wwhimpl\common\html\blank.htm
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\wwhimpl\common\html\bookmark.htm
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- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\wwhimpl\common\html\controll.htm
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- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\wwhimpl\common\html\document.htm
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\wwhimpl\common\html\frameset.htm
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\wwhimpl\common\html\images\splash.jpg
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\wwhimpl\common\html\init0.htm
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- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\wwhimpl\common\html\pagenav.htm
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\wwhimpl\common\html\reset.htm
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\wwhimpl\common\html\switch.htm
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\wwhimpl\common\html\title.htm
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\wwhimpl\common\html\wwhelp.htm
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\wwhelp\wwhimpl\common\images\banbg.gif
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Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\640C834DD20D7B34A9E10D30E14E4C93
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{D438C046-D02D-43B7-9A1E-D0031EE4C439}
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools
Registry values that are not removed from your PC:
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMwareHostOpen.exe
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\640C834DD20D7B34A9E10D30E14E4C93\ProductName
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{D438C046-D02D-43B7-9A1E-D0031EE4C439}\
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\TPAutoConnSvc\ImagePath
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\TPVCGateway\ImagePath
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\vmrawdsk\ImagePath
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMTools\ImagePath
How to uninstall VMware Tools from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO
VMware Tools is a program marketed by the software company VMware, Inc.. Some people want to uninstall this application. This is hard because deleting this by hand takes some experience regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best SIMPLE practice to uninstall VMware Tools 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 PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to optimize your PC.
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- go to Download Link
- download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
- set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
3. Press the General Tools category
4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool
5. A list of the applications existing on your computer will be shown to you
6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate VMware Tools or simply click the Search feature and type in "VMware Tools". The VMware Tools program will be found automatically. Notice that after you select VMware Tools in the list of apps, the following data regarding the application is available to you:
- Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding VMware Tools, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
- Details regarding the application you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
- The software company is: http://www.vmware.com
- The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{96B74176-0BA4-4F5D-B3A5-466EAD9E73BD}
8. After uninstalling VMware Tools, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong VMware Tools that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling VMware Tools using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.
Your system will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.
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Disclaimer
The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall VMware Tools by VMware, Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that VMware Tools by VMware, Inc. is not a good application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall VMware Tools supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.
2016-06-23 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO
follow @danarmLast update on: 2016-06-23 06:53:02.587