signtool

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 certificates were found that met all the given criteria. What "criteria" am I not meeting? This is only for testing so these are self-signed certificates. I've tried importing the key and then signing it, but it always results in the same error. How do I fix this? When getting this error through Visual Studio it was because there was a signing certificate setup to match the computer it was originally

I'm trying to sign an ActiveX control with a code signing certificate issued by Thawte. I was able to successfully sign the control using signtool.exe. When I look at the file properties, it says "The certificate in the signature cannot be verified." When I view the certificate it says "Windows does not have enough information to verify the certificate." On the certification path tab, it says "The issuer of this certificate cannot be found." In internet explorer, the certificate is recognized as signed but the user receives warnings that the publisher is not verified. I've tried creating a

I have completed an application I have made in Visual Studio 14.0, but when I tried to publish the program, I get an error as Visual Studio cannot find 'SignTool.exe'. I have searched my Hard drive a few times for this but it is nowhere on my PC. Can anyone help me find it or download it? I have a windows 7 and installing the ClickOnce Tools was not enough. The signtool.exe appeared after also installing the sdk: bhish I had the same issue but installing the Windows 8.1 SDK as per Catquatwa's answer did not work for me (signtool.exe was still missing from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs