SignTool error : No certificates were found that met all the given criteria. vs2019

Question

signTool error: No certificates were found that met all the given criteria. vs2019

This error some time occurs while building the WDF or WPF Driver Project with "Test Sign" in Visual Studio.

Answer 1

To solve this issue.

follow below steps:

Solution Explorer => Project Properties => Driver signing => General In "Test Certificate" select "Create Test Certificate"

after selecting this option new certificate is created to Test Sign the driver.

Answer 2

In my case, I just needed to start Visual Studio as administrator . That simple, I wish I know. then I won't spent an hour digging into all kinds of project settings.