visual studio - An error occurred while signing: SignTool.exe not found

Question

While I was trying to Update my Project I was making - I got an error for the first time I've seen:

'An error occurred while signing: SignTool.exe not found.'

I've never seen this before, So I looked up that SignTool.exe is what signs my project for ClickOnce Deployment.

I also read that is it a part of Windows SDK - but when I looked to find where SignTool.exe is - I saw it right there!

  C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft SDKsWindowsv7.0ABin

I saw no problem, and I've always published my Project all the time - I'm on Version 68. But this is the first time I've seen this - I didn't touch any options that would do this.

Any help?

Answer 1

ClickOnce Publishing Tools are not installed as part of the Typical Installation Options. So you have to install it in advanced mode.

This dialog can be found in Windows 7 by going to Control Panel > Uninstall a program, right-clicking on Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2015 and selecting Change. A Visual Studio dialog will open up. Select Modify from the set of buttons at the bottom and the above dialog will appear.