Great. Just found this on vLite Changelog: "v1.1 RC (...) new: Extreme switch to show hidden components (winsxs removal)" Sounds promising. I'll give the current version (v1.1.6 RC) a try. Thanks, man.
After following this guide I wasn't able to access VMware Tools anymore. Clicking twice on the tray icon didn't bring it up. No error messages were shown either. Running: VMware Workstation 6.0.3 Guest OS: Windows Vista Ultimate (32bit)