How to install SignTool.exe for Windows 10

Question

How to install SignTool.exe in Visual Studio 2015 for Windown 10? I tried to build my project but the program threw an error :

Error An error occu

Answer 1

As per the comments in the question... On Windows 10 Signtool.exe and other SDK tools have been moved into "%programfiles(x86)%\Windows Kits\".

Typical path to signtool on Windows 10.

• 32 bit = "c:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\x86\signtool.exe"
• 64 bit = "c:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\x64\signtool.exe"

Tools for SDK 8.0 and 8.1 also reside in the "Windows Kits" folder.

Answer 2

to install just the signingtools from the winsdksetup.exe (available at the same url as the windows sdk iso mentioned above) this is an option to, straight from the Dockerfile i'm working in: RUN powershell Start-Process winsdksetup.exe -ArgumentList '/features OptionId.SigningTools', '/q', '/ceip off', '/norestart', -NoNewWindow -Wait

so if you're in windows then that'd be: winsdksetup.exe /features OptionId.SigningTools

winsdksetup /h gives you the options, so i won't summarise them here. I include the dockerfile snippet, as that is what i started my day looking for the solution for.

Answer 3

It's 2019 now :) For anyone wondering, here's where you'll find it:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\App Certification Kit

Screenshot:

Edit: Still in the same place in 2020.

Answer 4

Location:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\App Certification Kit\signtool.exe

Answer 5

I did a modify with the Visual Studio from Control Panel, Programs and Features. The SDK was not at first apparent so I installed the Common Tools which lo and behold did include the SDK Update 3.

Answer 6

You should go to Control Panel -> Programs and Features, find Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 and select "Change". Visual Studio 2015 setup will start. Select "Modify".

In Visual Studio components list, open the list of sub-items and select "ClickOnce Publication Tools" and "Windows 10 SDK" too.