I have a Linux Mint 18.2 (Sonya) guest installation with VMware Tools installed with reported success, but it is not doing one thing I expected of VMware Tools: resize the display when its window changes, or when it enters fullscreen.
Since I've installed VMware Tools, the one and only way I have found to trigger a change of resolution is to check another option from the dropdown list of screen resolutions under Preferences > Display. (That list does not include my monitor size.)
What, if anything, can I do to get the guest to automaticallly resize