Visual Studio SignTool.exe Not Found

Question

I have completed an application I have made in Visual Studio 14.0, but when I tried to publish the program, I get an error as Visual Studio cannot find \'SignTool.exe\'. I

Answer 1

No Worries! I have found the solution! I just installed https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/bg162891.aspx and it all worked fine :)

Answer 2

I had the same issue but installing the Windows 8.1 SDK as per Catquatwa's answer did not work for me (signtool.exe was still missing from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\vX\Bin).

I stumbled across this solution: http://www.benedykt.net/2015/08/12/missing-signtool-exe-w-visual-studio-2015/

Basically, for VS 2015, this would be:

• Open Programs and Features
• Select "Microsoft Visual Studio 2015" and click "Change"
• Press "Modify" to progress to Features options
• Select "Windows and Web Development", then tick "ClickOnce Publishing Tools" for installation
• Then "Next" and then "Update"