[THIN] Re: Offline removal of VMware tools

Hi Brian,

 

Depends on what you mean by offline removal. There's a lot more stuff than just the visible tools, like device drivers, including scsi, video, mouse etc. A good V2V or P2V converter will remove the device drivers so all you're left with is the stuff that runs on logon and the VMware tools service.

 

A simple reg file will stop the tools and and servcie and you can then remove them at your leisure, like when you're back online.

 

eg

------ start notools.reg ---------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"VMware Tools"=-
"VMware User Process"=-

 

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMMEMCTL]

 

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMTools]

------ end notools.reg -----------

 

However you can also use the following command line to remove the tools if the machine is still running:

 

MsiExec.exe /I{3B410500-1802-488E-9EF1-4B11992E0440}

 

regards,

 

Rick

 

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Ulrich Mack
Quest Software
Provision Networks Division

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 1:13 AM, Brian Ehlert <brian.ehlert@gmail.com> wrote:

Does anyone know of a good method or utility for off-line removal of VMware Tools?

 

I am looking to strip them off a Windows OS when I am mounting the origional virtual disk on another system.

 

Thanks!

-Brian