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Mike_Yeager
Oct 28, 2021Copper Contributor
Windows Application Packaging Project - cannot select code signing certificate
Visual Studio 2019 16.11.5. WPF project .NET Framework 4.8. I can deploy via ClickOnce with a code signing certificate I purchased. When I add a Windows Application Packaging Project to my solution t...
Oct 29, 2021
I'm not sure what is wrong in your case, but in my certs from both Digicert and Sectigo both have a field called "Basic Constraints". The value in mine is "Subject Type=End Entity, Path Length Constraint=None".
- Mike_YeagerOct 29, 2021Copper Contributor
Thanks TIMOTHY_MANGAN Is it just me or does anyone else think it's nuts that there are no specs for public signing certificates for MSIX and that the tooling give you no indication of what's wrong when it doesn't work.
- itoinbgbJan 27, 2022Copper Contributor
Mike_Yeager Hello Mike, I was wondering if you found a solution? I am facing the same issue and even though I shared my screen with the support staff of ssl.com while going through each step, they claim that the certificates are ok. I am missing Basic Constraints as well.
- Mike_YeagerJan 27, 2022Copper Contributor
itoinbgb Unfortunately no updates from Microsoft. It does work if you run the signing tools manually, but not through VS.