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I'm trying to publish a program in vs2008 but I get the following error,

  • can not publish because a project failed to build.

  • An error occurred while signing: signtool.exe not found.

I've been searching Google for some time now but I can't find the answer.

I can't find signtool.exe; can anyone tell me where I can get it?

+1  A: 

signtool.exe is included with the Windows SDK, and a copy of the Windows SDK is included with VS2008.

It should be installed as %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\bin\signtool.exe, but it might depend on installation options.

Another route is to install the Windows SDK directly (latest version includes Win7/2008R2 support).

Richard
hi, I installed vs2008 but I can't find the signtool under the above directory, even when I search for it nothing gets found.
amir
Ensure you install the Win32 SDK tools. (Not sure exactly which option will drive the installation of SDK tools, you might need to try a few options.)
Richard
A: 

VS 2008 - This tool is located at,

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\bin

adatapost
A: 

Probably you could find in any one of this location.

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\bin

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Tools\Bin

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bin

Gabriel Susai