@vmdavinci asked the following on Twitter:
These are the registry settings you can change:
If you want to disable the notify if upgrade is available warning:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools]
@=dword:00000000
If you want to hide the Tools icon change the following registry key:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools]
"ShowTray"=dword:00000001
Or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\VMware, Inc.\VMware Tools]
"ShowTray"=dword:00000001