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Asked: 2026-06-10T17:28:36+00:00

I am trying to code sign my application components using a digital certificate. The

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I am trying to code sign my application components using a digital certificate. The certificate format is .Pem

I referred the below url and try to implement the code signing using the Visual Studio SignTool.exe

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C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC>"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft SDKs\\Windows\\v7.0A\\Bin\signtool.exe"  sign /d "C:\\Users\\hpara\\Desktop\\SignCert\\Test.exe"  /f "C:\\Users\\guest\\Desktop\\SignCert\\Test.pem"SignTool

Signtool.exe returned the error : “Error: Missing filename.”.

Question:

  1. Can I sign the code using signtool.exe and .pem file?

My actual build environment is on Linux. Just for testing purpose, I copied the certificate file to Win 7 computer and tried to sign the application using visual studio signtool.exe.

The signing certifictae request (csr) is generated on Linux machine. Finally I need to sign the application on Linux machine.

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  1. Editorial Team

    How to codsign using the Pem file ?

    Solution:

    Step 1: Generate .pfx file from the .Pem File

    openssl pkcs12 -inkey MyprivateKey.key -in MyCertificate.pem -export -out MyCert.pfx

    Step 2: Sign the code using .pfx file (Ex: Microsoft SDK SignTool.exe)

    signtool sign /f "MyCert.pfx" /p password /t http://timestamp.verisign.com/scripts/timestamp.dll "myapp.exe"
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