Signtool error: No certificates were found that met all given criteria with a Windows Store App?

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Earlz picture Earlz · Apr 8, 2014 · Viewed 320.9k times · Source

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?

Answer

JDandChips picture JDandChips · Dec 16, 2014

When getting this error through Visual Studio it was because there was a signing certificate setup to match the computer it was originally developed on.

You can check this by going to the project properties > signing tab and checking the certificate details.

You can uncheck "Sign the ClickOnce manifests" to disable signing.

Signing Properties

If you don't want to turn this option off you will have to install the certificate.

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