The vmware-tray.exe process is also known as the VMware Tray Process. It belongs to the VMware Workstation and it is owned by VMware. There is minimal information gathered regarding this process. The process is not a Windows system file. The process is a Verisign signed file and it is also digitally signed. The process can be removed using the Control Panel. The process contains a security rating of 6% dangerous, which makes it very safe to operate according to the users; it is generally more prudent if the user executes this process under vigilant conditions within his or her computer system; in order to lessen any potential threats to the user’s computer system, the user needs to be conscious of the possibilities that this process may contain some possible infections, such as Trojans, adware, worm, and any other potential infections (which makes this process vulnerable to virus writers) that needs to be conscious of, as well taking the needed measures which can be performed whenever this program is being executed in order to utilize the security for the user’s computer system. It may be advisable to keep this program operating and not terminating it as terminating it might cause the computer system to behave in an unstable manner.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. vmwaretray.exe. is used by Vmware Tray Process, If you shut down vmwaretray.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop vmwaretray.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Vmware Tray Process, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed vmwaretray.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Vmware Tray Process, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if vmwaretray.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that vmwaretray.exe, belongs to, in this case Vmware Tray Process