VMware Guest Customization – Could not parse or process the unattend answer file

VMware Guest Customization – Could not parse or process the unattend answer file

While deploying a virtual machine from template Windows Server 2019 I received an error when guest customization:

Windows could not parse or process the unattend answer file for pass [specialize]. The settings specified in the answer file cannot be applied. The error was detected while processing settings for components [Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup].

This error code is because a „wrong product key“ check the product key – solved my problem.