VMware Workstation

How to uninstall VMware Workstation from your system

This page is about VMware Workstation for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by VMware, Inc. Open here where you can read more on VMware, Inc. The program is often installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation directory. Keep in mind that this location can differ depending on the user's choice. The complete uninstall command line for VMware Workstation is C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Workstation\Uninstaller\\uninstall.exe. vmware.exe is the programs's main file and it takes close to 2.13 MB (2230464 bytes) on disk.

VMware Workstation contains of the executables below. They occupy 115.04 MB (120631056 bytes) on disk.

• 7za.exe (581.69 KB)
• drvInst64.exe (437.19 KB)
• emmett.exe (676.69 KB)
• mkisofs.exe (422.78 KB)
• openssl.exe (514.19 KB)
• vixDiskMountServer.exe (384.19 KB)
• vmnat.exe (428.19 KB)
• vmnetcfg.exe (3.10 MB)
• VMnetDHCP.exe (350.69 KB)
• vmplayer.exe (2.33 MB)
• vmrun.exe (463.19 KB)
• vmss2core.exe (850.69 KB)
• vmUpdateLauncher.exe (34.71 KB)
• vmware-authd.exe (85.69 KB)
• vmware-hostd.exe (12.14 MB)
• vmware-kvm.exe (645.19 KB)
• vmware-remotemks-debug.exe (5.09 MB)
• vmware-remotemks.exe (4.76 MB)
• vmware-shell-ext-thunker.exe (82.19 KB)
• vmware-tray.exe (111.69 KB)
• vmware-unity-helper.exe (189.69 KB)
• vmware-vdiskmanager.exe (1.30 MB)
• vmware-vprobe.exe (530.19 KB)
• vmware.exe (2.13 MB)
• vnetlib.exe (736.69 KB)
• vnetlib64.exe (884.69 KB)
• vnetsniffer.exe (344.19 KB)
• vnetstats.exe (330.69 KB)
• vprintproxy.exe (18.69 KB)
• zip.exe (291.69 KB)
• ovftool.exe (6.63 MB)
• storePwd.exe (70.19 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (583.19 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgrader9x.exe (203.69 KB)
• VMwareToolsUpgraderNT.exe (203.69 KB)
• vmware-vmx-debug.exe (25.02 MB)
• vmware-vmx-stats.exe (22.45 MB)
• vmware-vmx.exe (19.87 MB)

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This info is about VMware Workstation version 11.1.0 only. You can find here a few links to other VMware Workstation versions:

• 8.0.2.28060
• 10.0.5
• 8.0.4.30409
• 9.0.2
• 11.1.3
• 9.0.1
• 10.0.4
• 7.1.5.19539
• 9.0.0
• 10.0.6
• 11.1.1
• 7.1.0.12398
• 7.1.6.30422
• 8.0.5.33341
• 7.1.0.12300
• 8.0.0
• 7.1.2.14247
• 7.1.3.14951
• 11.1.4
• 7.1.0.12623
• 7.0.0.8898
• 8.0.1.27038
• 11.1.2
• 10.0.0
• 10.0.7
• 8.0.0.18997
• 7.0.1.11056
• 7.0.0.7907
• 9.0.3
• 10.0.1
• 10.0.2
• 7.1.4.16648
• 7.1.1.13618
• 8.0.3.29699
• 8.0.6.35970
• 9.0.4
• 7.0.0.9563
• 8.0.0.17962
• 7.0.0.9911
• 11.0.0
• 10.0.3

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If you're planning to uninstall VMware Workstation you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\7za.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\Activator.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\adjperm.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\diskLibWrapper.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\dispatcher.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\drvInst64.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\elevated.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\emmett.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\provisioningPolicy.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw10.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw11.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw3.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw4.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw6.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw7.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw8.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\vmconfigoption-ws-hw9.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw10.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw11.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw3.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw4.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw6.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw7.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw8.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\env\ws-hw9.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\environments.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\EULA.jp.rtf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\EULA.rtf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\EULA.zh_CN.rtf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\freebsd.iso
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\glib-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\glibmm-2.4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\gmodule-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\gobject-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\gthread-2.0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\gvmomi.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\caution_small.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\crawler-index.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\css\GUID-B736FF36-E483-45ED-AC5B-AEAE1E80B0DA.css
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\css\webworks.css
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-012378D8-A995-4B78-AAD3-5A4223C4093E.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-03C01EDE-FC56-4721-AD1C-47AF401DF210.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-073AC88A-BDCD-45ED-B814-ABC2EEB19580.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-08BB8EBB-56A5-47C0-8467-31FA0BFAAD6A.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-08BB9465-D40A-4E16-9E15-8C016CC8166F.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-0C23FCBF-F0CC-447B-A08E-35B90C52091E.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-0E8D0627-45E3-4845-A635-CC19C4DD230F.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-0E980DDB-5050-4109-A9BC-596572ED722D.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-0F9C34F0-9869-44A8-BD63-CD96B72E1B81.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-1109A03F-3BD3-4292-AEF6-D943445519B5.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-111F7A5A-A46D-4ECF-9B22-CD8D756F9FFF.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-13804128-3436-422C-80EC-A1697EF75C17.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-15632A58-9EB1-4D9B-9F0D-42C4136E2832.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-15BBACE2-44DA-41A3-8355-D2BA8CA4549D.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-16FBB720-2D65-40C9-989C-6809629BAABB.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-185E246A-8460-476E-B4D2-956CA8E9BEA1.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-2259F241-B5A6-4856-8657-139A88E57B95.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-237CCEC5-83F7-484F-A349-BF23C32B8F3C.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-24DD2187-AA37-4D14-A5F8-32D31648E0C4.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-291EA0CB-D11F-456C-9A3C-F1D69BEA6B0E.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-29FEE90F-FD7B-44BD-8B52-10C2474CE0AE.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-2A1F74A4-A5F3-4090-9A45-396D6D407CE5.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-2F6C8962-3E2C-49B3-8441-487D7C9E9380.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-3140DF1F-A105-4EED-B9E8-D99B3D3F0447.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-3174F104-A1B0-4845-B967-4C7CE0E47694.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-33C56F64-0274-45D2-B543-626BD4B5841D.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-37EA4A9D-DE43-4159-8982-2DFD9D5959AD.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-391BE4BF-89A9-4DC3-85E7-3D45F5124BC7.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-3B46D3FF-AACF-4495-9A8B-052315247E51.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-3D56BF46-5980-48F1-AB47-CC0CDB814D8B.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-3D5F9B19-08FF-4169-9572-39C46BA0C12F.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-3D812FA7-0CED-408E-B4B1-72A7B5F291EC.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-3F6B9D0E-6CFC-4627-B80B-9A68A5960F60.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-3F94C7B5-19A5-4E91-9709-B17FAA93FF75.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-489559B5-7C16-4C05-94BC-890AA7353A0E.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-51E3DE96-9D21-4655-A7BE-B491789CDC51.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-522EA802-03C9-4891-A100-FF6237898C00.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-5792C64D-5C01-42DD-9036-0F80FB0F3FD8.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-59676FB4-4EA8-4C2D-812D-05008B8CCA50.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-5B49A956-A202-48D2-8832-7F0B24F4DFED.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-5FC42BAD-0AAC-4EAF-8AD9-A41408ECF9BC.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-614D3F69-C022-45EF-BE55-6C822C5FA7B3.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-6291BB29-A3B7-462E-ABB9-B711F2F3A402.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-634F363E-CF25-4F3A-B021-2EF4BC989D07.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-6B97792A-41D7-4787-9341-651BA5000425.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-6DD39513-FA28-4F2E-B50C-0DB6D8E6FE65.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-6F261E98-8F81-490D-A904-DE675EE2E130.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-6F7BE33A-3B8A-4C57-9C35-656CE05BE22D.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-7DAD8EC0-0403-4152-86ED-99700F6C02B8.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-81932397-8211-499E-925E-98FC73428636.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-82E79E50-3073-4081-9FE6-0927076EA0AD.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-845C34CF-3CAE-4EA9-BA95-2727010963C4.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-852EBDB6-EA76-4D1C-9F49-FD3A315E3B17.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-896E61F5-0865-4D3B-975E-DE476AFC7168.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-8B1431E2-5E72-4B85-80BA-43B8875AB090.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-8C477788-7700-4030-8C4A-039C02AABB74.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-95232C52-C5A8-471B-A6A1-C7323A97FECA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-983966AF-15B9-4AB9-BD27-CC89FD7BC690.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-9A1EC217-58F6-4E97-BF50-1C5581B9C55A.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\help\player\GUID-9A4F4019-CEEA-4BB6-9345-5B4A20D7A4BF.html

Registry that is not cleaned:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VMware Workstation
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A57F49D06AE015943BFA1B54AFE9506C
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\VMware_Workstation
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\Installer\VMware Workstation
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Workstation

Additional registry values that you should clean:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\Activator.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\Activator.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vnetlib64.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vnetlib64.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A57F49D06AE015943BFA1B54AFE9506C\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMAuthdService\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMwareHostd\FailureCommand
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMwareHostd\ImagePath

How to uninstall VMware Workstation with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VMware Workstation is a program released by the software company VMware, Inc. Frequently, users want to erase this application. This is hard because deleting this manually requires some know-how related to Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK approach to erase VMware Workstation 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 on your Windows system, 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 system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications installed on your PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate VMware Workstation or simply activate the Search field and type in "VMware Workstation". If it exists on your system the VMware Workstation program will be found automatically. When you select VMware Workstation in the list of apps, some data regarding the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding VMware Workstation, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall VMware Workstation.


8. After uninstalling VMware Workstation, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of VMware Workstation which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling VMware Workstation using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall VMware Workstation by VMware, Inc from your PC, we are not saying that VMware Workstation by VMware, Inc is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall VMware Workstation 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.