Do the current Workstation-installers still have the /clean switch ?

[continuum]

Since a few weeks I am trying to clean up a Windows 10 host that has been crippled by a failed VMware Workstation setup.

Can anybody tell me if the current VMware-workstation-full-16.1.0-17198959.exe still has the /clean switch ?
The KB related to uninstalling Workstation https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1308 is outdated and needs to be updated.

The VMware_Install_Cleaner does not help either.
Trying

VMware-workstation-full-16.1.0-17198959.exe /clean

launches the regular installer and so it appears to be an unacceptable risk to make it even worse.

Ulli

[Ray_CJ]

Ulli,

If you are not in a hurry for the answer, I will test this over the weekend.  I'm planning to re-install VMware as a test for some other issue.

Ray

[wila]

Ulli,

Just tried it myself.. and as you say, looks like it is just the normal installer that gets started.

Suppose you also tested the remove option already? FWIW, when I just did that, it looks like it cleans up fairly well. Can't find much left over parts.

Nowadays the installer is pretty much a wrapper around an msi installer.

See also:
https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/VMware-Workstation-15-5-6-installer-ever-cl...

I guess the VMware employee @haiweiz  answering down there might know more and if the /cleanup option did more than what the remove option in the uninstall does.

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Wil