VMware Tools
A guide to uninstall VMware Tools from your PC
This info is about VMware Tools for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It was developed for Windows by VMware, Inc.. Further information on VMware, Inc. can be found here. Further information about VMware Tools can be seen at http://www.vmware.com. Usually the VMware Tools application is placed in the C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools folder, depending on the user's option during setup. VMware Tools's complete uninstall command line is MsiExec.exe /X{FE2F6A2C-196E-4210-9C04-2B1BC21F07EF}. The program's main executable file occupies 659.61 KB (675440 bytes) on disk and is named VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe.The executables below are part of VMware Tools. They occupy an average of 5.01 MB (5257136 bytes) on disk.
- COMREG.EXE (149.61 KB)
- rpctool.exe (121.11 KB)
- TPAutoConnect.exe (626.79 KB)
- TPAutoConnSvc.exe (341.32 KB)
- TPVCGateway.exe (493.28 KB)
- VMip.exe (28.11 KB)
- vmtoolsd.exe (60.11 KB)
- VMUpgradeHelper.exe (224.61 KB)
- VMwareCplLauncher.exe (416.61 KB)
- VMwareHostOpen.exe (74.61 KB)
- VMwareResolutionSet.exe (43.61 KB)
- VMwareToolboxCmd.exe (47.61 KB)
- VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (659.61 KB)
- VMwareTray.exe (171.11 KB)
- VMwareUser.exe (1.39 MB)
- VMwareXferlogs.exe (51.61 KB)
- zip.exe (138.61 KB)
- instutil32.exe (64.00 KB)
The information on this page is only about version 8.3.12.8191 of VMware Tools. You can find here a few links to other VMware Tools versions:
- 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
- 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
- 12.3.5.22544099
When planning to uninstall VMware Tools you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.
Folders left behind when you uninstall VMware Tools:
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools
The files below remain on your disk by VMware Tools when you uninstall it:
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\COMREG.EXE
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\deployPkg.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\audio\vmaudio.cat
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\audio\vmaudio.inf
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\audio\vmaudio.sys
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\memctl\vmmemctl.sys
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\mouse\vmmouse.cat
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\mouse\vmmouse.inf
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\mouse\vmmouse.sys
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\pvscsi\pvscsi.cat
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\pvscsi\pvscsi.inf
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\pvscsi\pvscsi.sys
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\vmxnet\vmxnet.cat
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\vmxnet\vmxnet.inf
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\vmxnet\vmxnet.sys
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\vmxnet3\vmxnet3n61x64.sys
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\vmxnet3\vmxnet3n61x86.sys
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\vmxnet3\vmxnet3ndis6.cat
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\vmxnet3\vmxnet3ndis6.inf
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\Drivers\vss\VCBSnapshotProvider.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\gio-2.0.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\glib-2.0.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\UserName SDK\bin\win32\vmUserNameLib.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\bin\win32\vmUserNameLibJava.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\bin\win64\vmUserNameLib.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\bin\win64\vmUserNameLibJava.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\examples\vmUserNameLibTest.c
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\UserNameSDK.pdf
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\UserNameSDK_Terms_and_Conditions.pdf
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\include\includeCheck.h
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\include\vm_basic_types.h
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\include\vmUserNameLib.h
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\include\vmSessionId.h
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\lib\win32\vmUserNameLib.lib
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\lib\win32\vmUserNameLibJava.lib
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\lib\win64\vmUserNameLib.lib
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\lib\win64\vmUserNameLibJava.lib
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\vmUserNameLibJava\doc\allclasses-frame.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\vmUserNameLibJava\doc\allclasses-noframe.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\vmUserNameLibJava\doc\com\vmware\vmUserNamelib\package-frame.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\vmUserNameLibJava\doc\com\vmware\vmUserNamelib\package-summary.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\vmUserNameLibJava\doc\com\vmware\vmUserNamelib\package-tree.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\vmUserNameLibJava\doc\com\vmware\vmUserNamelib\VMUserNameLibErrorException.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\vmUserNameLibJava\doc\com\vmware\vmUserNamelib\VMUserNameLibHandle.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\vmUserNameLibJava\doc\com\vmware\vmUserNamelib\VMUserNameLibInterface.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\vmUserNameLibJava\doc\constant-values.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\vmUserNameLibJava\doc\help-doc.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\vmUserNameLibJava\doc\index.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\vmUserNameLibJava\doc\index-all.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\vmUserNameLibJava\doc\overview-summary.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\vmUserNameLibJava\doc\overview-tree.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\vmUserNameLibJava\doc\package-list
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\vmUserNameLibJava\doc\resources\inherit.gif
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\vmUserNameLibJava\doc\serialized-form.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\vmUserNameLibJava\doc\stylesheet.css
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\vmUserNameLibJava\vmUserNameLibJava.jar
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\vmStatsProvider\win32\vmUserNameLib.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\vmStatsProvider\win32\vmStatsProvider.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\vmStatsProvider\win32\vmStatsProviderMsgs.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\vmStatsProvider\win64\vmUserNameLib.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\vmStatsProvider\win64\vmStatsProvider.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\UserName SDK\vmStatsProvider\win64\vmStatsProviderMsgs.dll
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\c_about_help.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\c_about_tab.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\c_components_of_vmtools.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\c_options_tab.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\c_scripts_tab.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\c_tools_ctrl_panel.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\c_update_change_modes.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\c_vmware_tools_drivers.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\c_vmware_tools_service.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\c_vmware_user_process.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\caution_small.png
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\css\vm_tools_help.css
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\css\webworks.css
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\images\blank.gif
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\images\collapse.gif
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\images\email_btn.png
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\images\expanded.gif
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\images\next_btn.png
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\images\prev_btn.png
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\images\seebttm.gif
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\images\seelflow.gif
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\images\seeright.gif
- 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\images\synchtoc_btn.png
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\index.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\r_scripts_default.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\scripts\expand.js
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\t_change_modules.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\t_contact_vmware.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\t_devices_tab.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\t_help_url.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\t_scripts_custom.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\t_scripts_disable.html
- C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\help\t_search_help.html
Usually the following registry keys will not be cleaned:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\C2A6F2EFE6910124C940B2B12CF170FE
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{FE2F6A2C-196E-4210-9C04-2B1BC21F07EF}
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools
Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following registry values:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\C2A6F2EFE6910124C940B2B12CF170FE\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\{FE2F6A2C-196E-4210-9C04-2B1BC21F07EF}\
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\TPAutoConnSvc\ImagePath
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\TPVCGateway\ImagePath
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMMEMCTL\ImagePath
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\vmrawdsk\ImagePath
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMTools\ImagePath
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMUpgradeHelper\ImagePath
A way to remove VMware Tools from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO
VMware Tools is an application offered by the software company VMware, Inc.. Sometimes, people choose to remove it. Sometimes this is hard because performing this by hand takes some knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY solution to remove 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 Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.
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- navigate to Download Link
- download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
- install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
3. Press the General Tools button
4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool
5. A list of the programs installed on the computer will be made available to you
6. Scroll the list of programs until you find VMware Tools or simply click the Search feature and type in "VMware Tools". If it is installed on your PC the VMware Tools app will be found automatically. After you click VMware Tools in the list of applications, some information about the application is available to you:
- Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about VMware Tools, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
- Technical information about the app you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
- The web site of the program is: http://www.vmware.com
- The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{FE2F6A2C-196E-4210-9C04-2B1BC21F07EF}
8. After removing VMware Tools, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of VMware Tools which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling VMware Tools using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.
Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.
Disclaimer
This page is not a recommendation to uninstall VMware Tools by VMware, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that VMware Tools by VMware, Inc. is not a good software application. 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 other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.
2021-10-19 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO
follow @DeeaKartmanLast update on: 2021-10-19 15:48:15.880