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VS2005 - Signtool requires CAPICOM version 2.1.0.1

Published on 7 February 2007

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If you get the following error publishing a project,

Error 32 SignTool reported an error SignTool Error: Signtool requires CAPICOM version 2.1.0.1 or higher. Please copy the latest version of CAPICOM.dll into the directory that contains SignTool.exe. If CAPICOM.dll exists, you may not have proper permissions to install CAPICOM.
Follow these steps

Download a self-extracting zip file from here .
Extract capicom.dll from this zip file
Copy Paste capicom.dll into your “C:/windows/system32” directory
click Start -> Run and type “REGSVR32 capicom.dll” and press OK
You should now be able to publish via ClickOnce.

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