Ubuntu: Screen resolution doesn't fit size of monitor (Vmware)

I have just installed ubunto in Vmware Player and it works great, but all of the resolutions it gives me there isn't one to fill the entire screen.

I was scouting around the net and found this,

- Open up VMWare, don't boot up Windows yet.
- Go to "View" and select "Autofit window" and "Autofit Guest".
- Close VMWare.
- Go to the terminal and do:
sudo gedit ~/vmware/preferences
- Now where it says:
pref.autoFitFullScreen = "fitHostToGuest"
change it to:
pref.autoFitFullScreen = "fitGuestToHost"

but when i do it the preferences file is empty

Can anyone tell me where it is??

Totally lost

edit

I have installed VMtools...

Answer

The preference file is located on your host computer NOT in your VM!

Location on a Windows host:

C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\VMware\preferences.ini

Location on a Linux host:

~/vmware/preferences/preferences