Signing a Windows app

[Bob Sneidar]

Hi all. 

Thanks for the help. I DID get to where I could sign my standalone! However...

After all that it turns out I was not having a signing issue at all. For some reason the app I created will not run on just this one person’s PC unless I run it as administrator and enter my domain admin credentials. Even if I make that user a local administrator, it STILL will not run! 

I think at some point (although he denies it) he got a dialog popup asking if he trusts the app, and he declined. 

Bob S


> On Jul 22, 2025, at 3:48 PM, Tom Glod via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Bob, I never did the test certificates but I assume they work similar.
> 
> 4 concepts:
> 
> A certificate - Test or real one, which you got
> A project - a project for your app -
> A signing policy - This is just a way of organizing different policies, I
> guess.
> Artifact Configuttion - This is how u configure how signing is done.  For
> this i just was able to upload a sample zip file and it made the
> configuration.
> 
> Use their support, they are very helpful, and in your timezone.,
> 
> All the best,
> Tom
> 
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
>> OK I am trying that out. I created my first self-signed certificate. Not
>> sure where to go from here. Do I need to create a project, or can I just
>> download the certs, and then what do I do with them?
>> 
>> Thanks for any assistance you can give.
>> 
>> Bob S
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jul 22, 2025, at 2:31 PM, Tom Glod via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Bob, I think there were changes to this over the last few years, and
>> now
>>> signing windows software requires hardware keys and etc.
>>> So yes I think the lesson is burnt toast.
>>> Which is why I use a signpath.io ....
>>> Their fee includes the hardware key and the user experience is great, you
>>> upload your zip, and everything gets signed with your certificate.
>>> That windows unknown developer warning does not show up.
>>> Sorry, thats all i got.
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Jul 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <
>>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi all.
>>>> 
>>>> I am ready to sign a Windows app and I am trying to follow the
>>>> instructions on the livecode lessons page. I downloaded the Windows
>>>> SignTool and installed it. I navigated to the folder containing Pvk2Pfx.
>>>> The instructions say that running a command (which I will not copy/paste
>>>> here for obvious reasons) will create a PFX file from my PVK and SPC
>> files.
>>>> First of all, WHAT FILES? Secondly, when I run the command, it says that
>>>> Pvk2Pfx is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script
>> file,
>>>> or operable program. But I’m looking right at it in the folder! Is this
>>>> lesson obsolete??
>>>> 
>>>> Bob S
>>>> 
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