How to install SignTool.exe for Windows 10
If you only want SignTool and really want to minimize the install, here is a way that I just reverse-engineered my way to:
- Download the
.iso
file from https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/windows-10-sdk (current download link is http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=2022797) The.exe
download will not work, since it's an online installer that pulls down its dependencies at runtime. - Unpack the
.iso
with a tool such as 7-zip. - Install the
Installers/Windows SDK Signing Tools-x86_en-us.msi
file - it's only 388 KiB large. For reference, it pulls in its files from the following.cab
files, so these are also needed for a standalone install:4c3ef4b2b1dc72149f979f4243d2accf.cab
(339 KiB)685f3d4691f444bc382762d603a99afc.cab
(1002 KiB)e5c4b31ff9997ac5603f4f28cd7df602.cab
(389 KiB)e98fa5eb5fee6ce17a7a69d585870b7c.cab
(1.2 MiB)
There we go - you will now have the signtool.exe
file and companions in C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.17763.0\x64
(replace x64
with x86
, arm
or arm64
if you need it for another CPU architecture.)
It is also possible to commit signtool.exe
and the other files from this folder into your version control repository if want to use it in e.g. CI scenarios. I have tried it and it seems to work fine.
(All files are probably not necessary since there are also some other .exe
tools in this folder that might be responsible for these dependencies, but I am not sure which ones could be removed to make the set of files even smaller. Someone else is free to investigate further in this area. :) I tried to just copy signtool.*
and that didn't work, so at least some of the other files are needed.)
Best solution end of 2020:
Just download Windows 10 SDK from Microsoft here:
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=698771
In setup, choose only Windows App Certification App (it's only 184 MB)
You can find signtool.exe here:
%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Windows Kits\10\bin\x64
Cheers!
Here's where you'll find it:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\App Certification Kit
Screenshot:
You need to install the Windows 10 SDK.
- Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 contains it already, but it is not installed by default. You should go to Control Panel -> Programs and Features, find Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 and select "Change".
Visual Studio 2015 setup will start. Select "Modify".
In Visual Studio components list find "Universal Windows App Development Tools", open the list of sub-items and select "Windows 10 SDK (10.0.10240)".
Windows 10 SDK in VS 2015 Update 1 Setup
- Of cause you can install Windows 10 SDK directly from Microsoft: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=698771
As josant already wrote - when the installation finishes you will find the SignTool.exe in the folders:
- x86 -> c:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\x86
- x64 -> c:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\x64\