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I'm building an MSI installer for windows and sign the installer using signtool. When I run the .msi to test it, the UAC (User Account Control) prompt shows up to ask me if I want to allow the ...
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I'm trying to sign a Windows 8 appx package with a pfx file I have. I'm using a command like so: signtool.exe sign /fd sha256 /f "key.pfx" "app.appx" And from this, I get: SignTool Error: No ...
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How to install SignTool.exe in Visual Studio 2015 for Windown 10? I tried to build my project but the program threw an error : Error An error occurred while signing: SignTool.exe not found.
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So, I've got a program I made in python 2.6, it ran fine as normal python, and ran fine when made into an exe via py2exe v0.6.9. I used signtool to sign it, having changed nothing else, and it stops ...
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I need to add certificate signing to my build. Below is a sample of the working script I wrote, however it includes the password to the .pfx file. I can't keep the password in the build script. What ...
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How would I sign a Visual C# executable? SignTool.exe can't find a certificate. How would I create a self signed key and certificate, and have signtool be able to see the certificate and use it? ...
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I have coded an NWjs Windows application (Chromium application) and using Inno Setup, I have signed it using a self-signed certificate. However, I get the "Windows protected your PC" message when ...
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There are many sites that explain how to run signtool.exe on a .pfx certificate file, which boil down to: signtool.exe sign /f mycert.pfx /p mypassword /t http://timestamp.server.com \ /d "My ...
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I followed this link to sign my exe application. I installed SDK tool on Windows 7, run C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.1\Bin>makecert.exe -sv App-O.pvk -n "CN=MY DIGITAL KEY" App-O....
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I'm trying to sign my clickonce app. I have an EV code signing certificate that is using SHA256. The problem is that when I sign my app using the post build commands, it seems to be using SHA1 ...
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I'm setting up a new development laptop, and have installed a self-issued code signing certificate. I can see it in certmgr under my Current Users's Personal Certificates. When I try to build from ...
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My company purchased an EV Certificate from Symantec to use for a software product we produce. Specifically it is called: Symantec Class 3 Extended Validation Code Signing CA – G2. To develop and ...
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I use signtool.exe to codesign a Windows executable. Which options of this tool can be used to define that a few bytes should be omitted from the hash calculation, and thus allowing that a digitally ...
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I am using signtool.exe to sign exe file. I am trying to embed my exe file with the .pfx certificate along with the signed hash of exe(generated signed hash using openssl). I am able to sign only with ...
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While trying to sign some installer created by the company I am working for I encountered an error, which I have not been able to solve. I am using the same certificate which has been used on another ...
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I cant get signtool to find my certificate. The pfx file works for signing, i've checked that by specifying the pfx file directly together with the password. But due to other people having access to ...
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I want to automate the code signing of some ClickOnce deployment artifacts - application exe's and manifests. I am using signtool to accomplish this. In an attempt to make the private key available ...
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As part of our build system, we use signtool.exe with a certificate to sign our binaries once they've been built. Occasionally (it's hard to tell when it will strike), the signing fails: error ...
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After upgrade to VS 2017 i got "Error An error occurred while signing: SignTool.exe not found." But only using MSbuild on the Visual Studio publish there's no problem. I already checked folder "C:\...
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I try to sign a WPF ClickOnce application with EV certificate stored on a HSM from Gemalto. I have a Continuous Deployment (CD) configured and I want to sign automatically without user interaction, ...
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I am creating an Appx package using makeappx.exe and then try to sign it using SignTool.exe. The error I get from SignTool is: "Error: SignerSign() failed." (-2147024693/0x800700cb) The certificate ...
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We deliver an executable to a client-service which starts this executable in a new process after downloading it from our servers. The executable is signed (authenticode) with the CodeSigning-...
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I have the following Inno Setup signing configuration: [Setup] SignTool=signtool $f SignedUninstaller=yes In Inno Setup Compiler IDE in "Tools > Configure Sign Tools..." I have: "C:\DEVELOPMENT\...
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We recently purchased an EV Code Signing Certificate. I followed instructions and I can successfully sign our built applications (exe files), our libraries (dll). However, I can't sign our setup ...
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I'm getting this error after our company changed its AD domain. UWP app development with VS 2019 and Windows 10 (1903) C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\...
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