After installing a new Windows Server 2016 with the KMS role, you will try to install your KMS host key:
Then the volume activation tools will try to install the product key
And you will get the following message:
Vmw.exe has stopped working
Well, this is a fresh installation with all available updates installed. You can try to run as administrator but the application will crash.
Fix
You must forget the GUI and use the command line tool to install product keys:
cscript.exe slmgr.vbs -ipk <kms key for Windows 2016> cscript.exe slmgr.vbs -ipk <kms key for office 2010> cscript.exe slmgr.vbs -ipk <kms key for office 2013> cscript.exe slmgr.vbs -ipk <kms key for office 2016>
Next, you can activate the product keys:
cscript.exe slmgr.vbs -ato
And finally, you can check all the products:
cscript.exe slmgr.vbs -dlv all
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