WinCompile

Compile script for my Windows projects

See CompileInstructions.md and LinuxCompatability.md

Certificates & Signing

Importing a certificate

• First you need to get the certificate file, either by creating your own one below, or downloading the one I use: WalkmanOSS.cer (download)
• Open the certificate and click the Install Certificate... button, then click Next >.
• Select Place all certificates in the following store (1), then click Browse...(2).
• Select Trusted Root Certification Authorities(3) (should be the second one), then click OK(4).
• Click Next >(5) then Finish.

Generate your Own certificate

See GenerateCert.bat in this repo.

Sign a program

Signing is done by SignTool.

Starting SignTool

Script

See my Compile Script@L75, it uses signtool.exe in this repo.

Context menu

Import Sign Application.reg in this repo to get a sign item in the context menu for applications.

Using SignTool

Once you have opened SignTool, follow these steps to sign the application:

• Click Next >. If you have opened SignTool via the context menu or a script, the file to sign should be already filled in. If not, use Browse... to select it. Click Next >.

• Select Custom, then click Next >.

• Click Select from File...(1), change the filter to X.509 Certificate (*.cer;*.crt)(2), open your certificate(3) then click Next >(4).

• Click Browse...(1), select your private key (generated above)(2), click Next >(3), and enter your password for your private key(4).

• Click Next > four times, then click Finish and enter your private key password again.