VMware Workstation and VMware Server contain the vmware-hosted.exe file among several other executable file. The vmware-hosted.exe file launches the software and displays its capabilities which will provide the users with features to call on. VMware Workstation is a hypervisor that can run on multiple computer terminals. The EXE file allows the Workstation software to maintain bridging in the existing host network adaptors. It also share disk drives and USB devices with a virtual machine. A virtual machine is a tool for running different operating systems. Moreover, it can simulate disk drives. VMware Workstation is designed for software developers, testers and business IT professionals. It runs several operating systems using one computer simultaneously. The mobile virtual machines are fully networked and a number of platforms are compatible with these machines such as Microsoft Windows, Linux, NetWare and Solarisx86. The vmware-hosted.exe file enables VMware Workstation to perform efficiently, optimize the memory of the system and control settings and snapshots taken.

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

A process usually a part of an installed application such as VMware Workstation, 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 vmware-hostd.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 vmware-hostd.exe, belongs to, in this case VMware Workstation