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kfox11
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‎08-25-2011 01:10 PM

Uninstall Vmware Workstation

I installed Vmware workstation to a different drive on my computer not C: so how do I uninstall it if I can not go through programs and features. Any help with this would be awesome.

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a_p_
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‎08-25-2011 01:17 PM

Did you already have the chance to take a look at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1308

This KB describes the steps to uninstall VMware Workstation manually.

André

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kfox11
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‎08-25-2011 01:40 PM

Yes, I did it manually but it still showed up on my drive, it only cleares it on my C: drive.

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‎08-25-2011 01:50 PM

Which steps did you perform from the KB?

What is remaining on the disk? Please explain or add a screen shot.

André

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kfox11
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‎08-25-2011 02:26 PM

All of these files were on my H: drive and I put them in a folder together. Can i just delete the files. I just dont want there to be any issues later on my computer because i did not uninstall this. 

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‎08-25-2011 02:40 PM

If you followed the steps in the KB article, then you should not run into issues later. I'd recommend you create a temporary folder (e.g. "VMware-old") and move all the files to this folder. Later - after double checking everything works as expected and there are no VMware related messages in the Windows Event logs - you may delete this folder.

Regarding the screen shot: AFAIK the "OVF-Tool" and "VMware" sub-folders are not part of the VMware Workstation installation. Please make sure you don't need them anymore before deleting.

André