1) I start the "Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt" and first enter:

C:\Programme\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC#>makecert.exe -n "CN=ERV" -pe -r -ek
u 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.3 -e 01/01/2039 -sv ERV.pvk ERV.cer -a sha1

This will ask me for a password twice. I choose "mypassword" for both.

It will then say: "Succeded".

2) Next i'll enter:

C:\Programme\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC#>pvk2pfx.exe -pvk ERV.pvk -spc ERV.c
er -pfx ERV.pfx

This will ask me for the password again. i enter "mypassword" again.

It will then create a file called ERV.pfx

3) Within the Solution in Visual Studio i goto properties->signing-> and select "From File". I then choose the created "ERV.pfx" file.

It will ask me for the password. I enter "mypassword".

Not i get an Errormessage saying "The password is invalid" !!

I also tried the same procedure selected "No Password" at step 1 and then never entering a password. It will still ask for a password when selecting the file in VS and then say "The password is invalid".

^^

i am looking for a Tool to generate non-expireing certificates for clickonce deployment of our applications. All i found so far is some Microsoft command line tool, which explicitly states that the certificates it generates are only for "test" purposes.

Thanks.