I installed elementary OS on Virtual Box. My prime OS is Windows 8.1. So after the installation I tried to change the resolution, but the only resolution available was 640x480. I tried to insert Guest addition, but it gives me this error. 
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See my answer in ^ post, exactly answer your Q. =) – Ravan Nov 7 '15 at 1:51
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1Yes, thank you ! Very good guide, easy and simple. It worked flawlessly. – BlackSova Nov 7 '15 at 3:18
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If worked, I recommend you to close as duplicate = ) @BlackSova – Ravan Nov 7 '15 at 3:56
Solved this just now on a Mac host in Virtualbox 5.0.8 by in terminal for host: VBoxManage setextradata global GUI/MaxGuestResolution any
and then in terminal for guest: all the steps set out at install-virtualbox-guest-additions-elementary-os.
required some small experience with using the terminal, reading the text to understand what it was telling me to do about installing dependencies and removing unneeded or broken things.
sudo apt-get update
and
sudo apt-get autoremove
got used a lot, probably more than necessary.
Once I did that, screen sizes are available.
Then I went to the Files window and tried to change from icons to list and everything froze and I had to power cycle the VM, but it seems to still work after restarting it.
