Can't publish project: "No certificates were found that met all the given criteria"

Question

I wrote a project years ago using VB Express 2013 that I needed to update after finding a minor bug.

When I loaded VB Express, it said I wasn't "Signed in" (yellow triangle by name), so I signed in using my Outlook account. I was recognized, my license was verified. Everything appears to be fine.

But when I try to Publish my project, I get the following error:

Error    2    An error occurred while signing: Failed to sign bin\Debug\app.publish\\setup.exe. SignTool Error: No certificates were found that met all the given criteria.

...and the project refuses to be created. How do I resolve this? Thx.

Answer 1

I found the solution here:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22946399/signtool-error-no-certificates-were-found-that-met-all-given-criteria-with-a-wi

My "Signing Certificate" expired last March. Unchecking "Sign the ClickOnce manifests" checkbox in Project Properties | Signing resolved the issue.

Answer 2

Hi,

Glad to hear you found the solution and thanks for sharing here.

And if possible, please mark your reply as the answer, so it would be helpful for other members who get the same issue as yours to research and find the answer directly, and I could close this case.

Have a nice day.

Best Regards,

Lake Xiao