Visual Studio Sign Tool Error after recent Windows 10 Update

Terry Stringer 1 Reputation point
2020-08-25T17:59:14.937+00:00

My Visual Studio 2017 Application has a build error after the latest Windows Update. "An error occurred while signing: Failed to sign bin\Debug\app.publish\ my program.exe. SignTool Error: No certificates were found that met all the given criteria."

My certificate has not expired. When I open My Project -> Signing tab and try to "Select from store..." in an effort to re-select it, there's nothing in the store.

How can I fix this? Dead in the water now.

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  1. Dylan Zhu-MSFT 6,406 Reputation points
    2020-08-26T04:01:36.467+00:00

    Hi TerryStringer,

    According to your description, I'm afraid that the certificate is removed from your machine when you update windows, please follow these steps to check it:

    1. Type certificates in search box
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    2. Go to Person folder
      20392-annotation-2020-08-26-11029213.jpg
    3. Check if your certificate exists, if it exists, you could see it in 'select from store'
      20411-annotation-2020-08-26-1102922213.jpg

    If it doesn't exist there, we suggest you need to re-install your certificate on your machine.

    Best Regards,
    Dylan

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