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Reputation: 357

Signtool Unexpected token 'sign'

I went through the questions but could not find the exact same issue as what I am encountering.

I installed Signtool following the instructions under Windows 11, and am trying to apply the instructions here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/seccrypto/using-signtool-to-sign-a-file

I simply type :

signtool sign myprog.exe

And I get the below. What gives ? :

At line:1 char:72 ... les (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.22000.0\x64\Signtool" sign ChecksB ... ~~~~ Unexpected token 'sign' in expression or statement. CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnexpectedToken**

Upvotes: 3

Views: 701

Answers (2)

Julio Nobre
Julio Nobre

Reputation: 4405

In my case, I was trying to execute the following command in Windows Powershell console.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.22000.0\x86\signtool.exe" sign /fd sha256 /tr http://ts.ssl.com /td sha256 /sha1 b4e6e78db24d93c2540xxx69a0b2643922124191 FileToBeSigned.exe

Digging a litle, this behaviour is due to the way PowerShell interprets the command. In PowerShell, double quotes are used to denote strings, and any spaces or special characters within the command can cause parsing issues.

To resolve this, you can use the & the begining of the line.

& "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.22000.0\x86\signtool.exe" sign /fd sha256 /tr http://ts.ssl.com /td sha256 /sha1 b4e6e78db24d93c2540xxx69a0b2643922124191 FileToBeSigned.exe

Or do like me, switch to Windows Command Console, first executing CMD.EXE and then the original command, which worked like a charm.

Upvotes: 0

Lennart
Lennart

Reputation: 10343

The output looks strange, you seem to be in a folder called "Signtool". If you use Powershell you need to use .\ to invoke an application in the current directory, for example:

cd 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.22000.0\x86\'

and then

.\signtool.exe sign C:\myprog.exe

Upvotes: 1

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