Path to SignTool.exe or “Windows Kits” directory when using Visual Studio 2012

Question

How do you get the path to SignTool.exe when using Visual Studio 2012?

In Visual Studio 2010, you could use

Answer 1

Since for me, today (20/07/2020), all previous suggestions failed, although most of them worked in the past, I have decided to publish a more comprehensive approach, which also addresses later Windows 10 SDKs locations, while still using older ones as fallbacks.

    

    $([MSBuild]::GetRegistryValueFromView('HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Kits\Installed Roots', 'KitsRoot10', null, RegistryView.Registry32, RegistryView.Default))
    $([MSBuild]::GetRegistryValueFromView('HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Kits\Installed Roots', 'KitsRoot81', null, RegistryView.Registry32, RegistryView.Default))
    $([MSBuild]::GetRegistryValueFromView('HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Kits\Installed Roots', 'KitsRoot', null, RegistryView.Registry32, RegistryView.Default))

    

    
    $(WindowsKitsRoot)bin\10.0.18362.0\x64\
    $(WindowsKitsRoot)bin\10.0.17763.0\x64\
    $(WindowsKitsRoot)bin\10.0.17134.0\x64\
    $(WindowsKitsRoot)bin\10.0.16299.0\x64\
    $(WindowsKitsRoot)bin\10.0.15063.0\x64\
    $(WindowsKitsRoot)bin\10.0.14393.0\x64\
    $(WindowsKitsRoot)bin\x64\
    $(WindowsKitsRoot)bin\$(Platform)\

    

    $(SignToolFolder)SignTool.exe