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KalyaniParne
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Feb 02, 2023

Unable to sign msix package: error: This file format cannot be signed because it is not recognized.

I am trying to sign msix package using self signed certificate, I have created self signed certificate using powershell when I sign the msix file from my local using signtool command (SignTool sign /...
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Aniket_Banerjee
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Feb 02, 2023

Hi KalyaniParne,

 

This seems more like a signtool issue. Can you telll us the version(s) of signtool you are using in your local machine and ADO?

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    KalyaniParne
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    Feb 02, 2023

    Aniket_Banerjee : in my local I could see it is 10.0.22000.0(C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.22000.0\x86\signtool.exe), I am not sure how to check in ADO but in the logs I could see this "C:\__w\_tasks\MsixSigning_501a9528-7fa4-4cb5-b8da-79ded62b74eb\1.1.1\lib\signtool.exe"

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