Double-click the downloaded file (the file extension is. Download Microsoft Program Install and Uninstall Troubleshooter WARNING: This tool may reboot your computer automatically after troubleshooting, so make sure you save your work, close all other programs before launching the tool. If all the above failed, then you can use a tool from Microsoft to uninstall your program.ġ. (In Windows 10, click Start, then type “Control Panel” and click it from the list, then click “Uninstall a program” will take you to the same screen as above.) Then, VMWare Player installer will start and you will see the same screen above to change, repair, or remove the program. Search the list for VMWare and click “Change” button after selecting the program.

You will be redirect to the old “uninstall or change program” window in the Control Panel. If you don’t have the original setup executable file, then click the “Programs and Features” on the top right corner at shown in the screenshot above. You can click “Remove” to uninstall VMWare Player 12 from your computer.Ģ. If you still have the original setup executable file for VMWare Player 12, just run the installer again and it will give you three options: Change, Repair, or Remove. Do you feel me?Īfter quite a bit research, here are some ways to uninstall VMWare Player 12, or any program, in Windows 10.ġ. So a simple task in Windows 10 turned out to be a big research on how to uninstall VMWare Workstation Player 12 in Windows 10. I clicked Start->Settings->Apps, and found VMWare Workstation Player 12 in the list, but both the “Modify” and “Uninstall” buttons are greyed out. It should be a simple task in Windows 10, right? It turned out it is not that simple. I was using VMWare Workstation Player 12 and decided to upgrade to Player 14, so I need to uninstall Player 12 first.

When it’s not working, you will probably be banging your head on the wall and yelling why. Windows 10 is a great operating system and works great…oh well at least when it’s working it works great.

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