June 12, 2012

Remove VMware Workstation or Player when Hyper-V is installed

Challenge

Time to go all in with Windows 8 and migrate development environments to Hyper-V.

When you’re migrating from VMware to Hyper-V, and you happen to install Hyper-V before uninstalling VMware Workstation or Player, you will get warning that VMware uninstall cannot proceed while Hyper-V role is installed on the server or workstation.

Solution

Modify file C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Player\Uninstaller\bootstrap.lua, or C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Workstation\Uninstaller\bootstrap.lua using text editor and comment out line

CheckForMSHyperV()

with two dashes, so it will become

--CheckForMSHyperV()

Then save file and rerun the uninstall and it will succeed.

 

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30 comments:

  1. causiusOctober 19, 2012 at 12:45 AM

    excellent instructions!

    kudos

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  2. AnonymousNovember 19, 2012 at 8:06 PM

    Thanks for your helpful blog post. :D

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 9, 2013 at 12:10 PM

    Thank you very much - worked like a charm

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 2, 2013 at 5:36 PM

    Thank you!

    Worked as intended.

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  5. Terje With LunndalMarch 26, 2013 at 4:43 PM

    Thank you!

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  6. Lyubomir GrigorovApril 28, 2013 at 8:58 AM

    Thanks, saved me a lot of time.

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  7. AnonymousMay 20, 2013 at 3:23 PM

    Thank you. I knew there had to be a better way than disabling/rebooting/reenabling/rebooting for Hyper V...

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2013 at 5:17 PM

    Worked great! Thank you!

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  9. UnknownOctober 23, 2013 at 7:50 AM

    Thanks, worked like a charm!

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  10. AnonymousNovember 22, 2013 at 11:02 AM

    IT worked !thanks

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  11. AnonymousDecember 27, 2013 at 8:27 PM

    Thanks a lot for this tip

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  12. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2014 at 8:07 AM

    Good find.

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  13. AnonymousMarch 5, 2014 at 8:00 AM

    Excellent, Thank You ! :))

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  14. AnonymousMarch 15, 2014 at 2:46 PM

    thank you :)

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  15. MSc. Leonardo PanequeMarch 23, 2014 at 3:16 AM

    thanks, just now tried and it fixed the issue for me. thanks!

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  16. AnonymousMay 10, 2014 at 7:25 AM

    Thanks

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  17. AnonymousJuly 10, 2014 at 4:09 PM

    Perfect, thank you!

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  18. AnonymousAugust 31, 2014 at 4:51 PM

    Dude, you rock. MUCH better than the suggestions by VMWare and MS.

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  19. AnonymousOctober 25, 2014 at 11:08 PM

    Thanks, many many thanks :-)

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  20. AnonymousNovember 5, 2014 at 5:28 PM

    Thank you, many many thanks :-)

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  21. AnonymousNovember 19, 2014 at 3:11 PM

    Thanks

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  22. AnonymousApril 4, 2015 at 12:57 AM

    Your rock star status has hereby been elevated...great job!

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  23. AnonymousMay 3, 2015 at 2:54 PM

    Thks alots !

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  24. AnonymousMay 28, 2015 at 12:59 AM

    Thanks, it worked!! ;)

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  25. KarinaSeptember 21, 2015 at 5:30 AM

    no tengo esa linea :O

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  26. Jussi PaloSeptember 21, 2015 at 9:01 AM

    Entonces es probable que tenga más nueva versión de VMWare. ¿Ve usted alguna líneas similares?

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  27. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2015 at 1:20 AM

    Thank man this saved me a lot of effort :)

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  28. JackJanuary 16, 2016 at 4:42 AM

    Thanks!

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  29. UnknownMarch 9, 2017 at 11:56 PM

    Thanks a lot !!! you save me !!! it worked !!!

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  30. UnknownJune 15, 2018 at 3:41 AM

    awesome

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