microsoft/diceweb

Sample apps, games and other content for use in testing the Microsoft Partner Center.

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Certificate Error Occurs When Associating Desktop Application With Microsoft Partner Center

Definition Of The Problem

I have the components specified in the document for testing applications:

• Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2019 (Version 16.8.4)
• Windows 10 SDK (Version 2004 - 10.0.19041.0) - SignTool.exe
• Microsoft Partner Center Account (Individual Account)

However, I'm having a certificate problem while associating the application with Microsoft Partner Center via Visual Studio IDE.

Steps Followed

The steps I follow in associating the desktop application with the Microsoft Partner Center are as follows:

• Cloning of the project from the remote repository.
• The opening of the project solution (DiceWebSampleApps_vs2019.sln) in Visual Studio IDE.
• Downloading the signable file (SignableFile.bin) from the Microsoft Partner Center.
• Calling SignTool.exe from the command line to sign the file. Since SignTool.exe takes a PFX file as an argument, I used the certificate generation tool on the Visual Studio IDE. I copied the PFX file to the directory where the SignTool.exe tool will be run.

(1) I opened a certificate selection window on Visual Studio IDE.

Image 1: Visual Studio IDE Certificate Selection Window

(2) I clicked the "Create" button to create a new certificate.

Image 2: Create New Certificate

(3) I created a new certificate. I uploaded the certificate (*.pfx file) created in the current directory.

Image 3: Choose A New Certificate

(4) I chose the new certificate created.

Image 4: Viewing The New Certificate

• I called the SignTool.exe tool from the command line to mark the SignableFile.bin file. When I ran the command I thought everything was fine.

.\signtool.exe sign /f .\<company_name>.pfx /p <password> /v .\SignableFile.bin

Image 5: Marking The SignableFile.bin File

• I ran the following command to verify the marked file. The verification command returned the following error:

.\signtool.exe verify /a .\SignableFile.bin

Image 6: Marking The SignableFile.bin File

• I got the following error when I tried to drag the SignableFile.bin file, which was marked ignoring the verification error, to the Microsoft Partner Center:

Image 7: Error Warning Shown On Microsoft Partner Center

Help Request

I don't know enough about certificate management in Windows 10. Therefore, I tried many methods but couldn't be successful. The SignTool.exe tool and Microsoft Partner Center generated similar errors. I tried using the X.509 key pair, which is short-term and reliable to run. But the Root Certificate Manager gave the same error.

I think this might be because I'm an individual user. What can I do to fix this problem?