signtool

What happened to signwizard in signtool of Windows SDK 7.0?

I'm looking for the convenient signwizard in signtool.exe but cannot find it anymore in the Windows SDK 7.0. Is it in a separate tool now or is there only the CLI left? ...

Internet Explorer blocks self-signed ActiveX

I have create a self-signed certificate and signed my ActiveX. I followed the steps in this topic. (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/84847/how-do-i-create-a-self-signed-certificate-for-code-signing-on-windows) One difference is that my executable files come in MSI package. So I used signtool to sign the MSI file and all other DLLs/Exe...

"Format is not recognized" error while trying to sign xap-file with signtool

Hi, I am trying to follow this tutotial: http://channel9.msdn.com/learn/courses/Silverlight4/Overview/Overview/Moving-Beyond-the-Browser--Elevated-Trust-Applications/#_Toc256192962 in order to sign my silverlight application. But on the last step which is something like that: signtool sign /v /f c:\Demo\TestOOBCodeSigningCA.pfx /p ...

Software Publisher Certificates and Strong Name Keys are they related?

Should a Software Publisher Certificate granted by a third-part Certification Authority be used to generate a Strong Name Key for use with .NET assemblies? Edit: Another way of stating the question is whether code-signing and strong name keys have anything to do with each other or are they each worlds unto their own? ...

How can I sign an ActiveX control with a code signing certificate and be a verified publisher?

I'm trying to sing 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 ve...

How can I sign a Gadget for Windows Sidebar?

Hi, Does anyone know how to sign a gadget for Windows Sidebar (*.gadget)? I tried with signtool, but without any result. Thanks ...

signtool.exe runs slowly under different user account

We use signtool.exe to sign a set of managed assemblies (from a command prompt, we run signtool.exe in a trivial .bat file for-loop, applying a certificate from a pfx file) When run under a domain administrator's account, it runs in under 1 minute. When run under a local user account, it takes 37 minutes! The setup and conditions (as...

Building and installing Mozilla signtool on Windows 7

Can anyone either point me to (or provide here) a clear, step-by-step approach that will get Mozilla's signtool (distinct from the Windows program of the same name) installed and working in a Windows environment (specifically, Windows 7)? It appears to be the best tool available to build a XPI file to package up a compiled Firefox exten...

How do I read the public key from a signed C# exe

I'm signing a dot net exe using signcode.exe with an spc/pvk combo The file needs to read its own Public Key at runtime in order to verify some data. I've gone down a number of different avenues. I've tried X509Certificate executingCert = X509Certificate.CreateFromSignedFile(exe); executingCert is then null. I'm gues...

Executable is not signed after installed via MSI

We have an application that requires the user to be an admin to run. So, in the app.manifest we have set up <requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator" uiAccess="false" /> We have a key to sign our assemblies with, which I have been able to use for signing the MSI and the executable of our application. The application's e...