: Go to the Help menu and select BarTender Licensing Wizard .
The R9 revision focuses on maintaining compatibility and resolving late-stage bugs for the 2016 platform: bartender 2016 r9 product key upd
: Unlike some very old "UltraLite" versions that did not require keys, BarTender 2016 (including R9) requires formal activation through the BarTender Licensing Wizard : Go to the Help menu and select BarTender Licensing Wizard