Comments on: Force Remove VMware Tools and Manual Clean Up

By: rbrambley

rbrambley — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:19:00 +0000

Ali,

Thanks for the tip!

By: Ali Fakoor

Ali Fakoor — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 06:54:00 +0000

What if setup.exe is not available in your version [or it does not accept the /c parameter for forcefully cleaning]? Here is a solution:

Run these commands at an (elevated) command prompt:
sc delete vmmouse
sc delete VMMEMCTL
sc delete VMX_svga
sc delete VMTOOLS
sc delete “VMWare Physical Disk Helper Servive”

Now reboot the system and then remove the instllation entries using the windows installer cleanup utility (http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Windows-Installer-CleanUp-Utility-Download-18442.html) [NOTE: This tools was originally available from microsoft website, but was removed due to some issues, see:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2438651

Afterwards you can manually remove the installed program files of the VMWare Tools.

Hope that helps someone [in future]
Ali

By: rbrambley

rbrambley — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:47:00 +0000

Great to hear! Thanks for reading vmetc.com

Sent from my iPad

By: Midway

Midway — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:25:00 +0000

Thank you, works great, well done.

By: rbrambley

rbrambley — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 02:40:00 +0000

Thanks Ms Twist!

By: rbrambley

rbrambley — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 02:40:00 +0000

Thanks Ms Twist!

By: Ms Trist

Ms Trist — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 10:20:00 +0000

Hi,

this solution works for me fine. Host is Windows 7 and Guest is Windows 2008 R2.

Thanks for the information

By: Ms Trist

Ms Trist — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 10:20:00 +0000

Hi,

this solution works for me fine. Host is Windows 7 and Guest is Windows 2008 R2.

Thanks for the information