Yes, I tried in add/remove programs, and got a dialog saying that it could not locate the virtual machine in question and couldn't go any further. I don't really feel like reinstalling vmware. The reason I uninstalled it in the first place was that, when I ran it the first time, I was told that my hardware configuration had been modified and that I had to reactivate Windows. When I tried to do that, it failed, saying I had installed Windows too many times already, and so I was afraid it would mess up my boot camp as well. Indeed, when I uninstalled and rebooted into Boot Camp, I had to reactivate Windows (but at least that worked).
All I apparently have left of vmware in Windows is that hgfs.dat file I can't manage to delete in local settings/application data/vmware, and vmware fusion in the list of add/remove programs. I suppose it's no problem leaving them there; it's just a little annoying.
Thanks