How do I use insignia.exe to codesign a wix bundle - wix

I created a wix bundle which was working properly before codesigning. After googling and checking wix documentation, I got to know that I need to use insignia.exe for code signing the wix bundle. Please any idea on how to use this tool. Thanks in Anticipation.


I use the next command sequence (it's a part of my cmd file. Certificate is stored in a file on hard drive. If you want to sign your installer by the certificate from the store just fix signing part. All result code check is omitted)
set INSIGNIA_PATH="C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.8\bin\insignia.exe"
rem Detach engine
del /q engine.exe
%INSIGNIA_PATH% -ib Setup.exe -o engine.exe
rem Sign engine
SignTool.exe sign /f certificate.pfx /p CERT_PASSWORD /t TIMESTAMP_URL engine.exe
rem Attach engine
%INSIGNIA_PATH% -ab engine.exe Setup.exe -o ProductSetup.exe
rem Sign bundle
SignTool.exe sign /f certificate.pfx /p CERT_PASSWORD /t TIMESTAMP_URL ProductSetup.exe

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open certmgr from command line and save cert to c:directory

I'am trying to export certificates from my personal store to c:drive location using certmgr in script
Does someone know what the command is, or can send me to some website. Thanks alot..
CertMgr /s /r CurrentUser my /put cert1.cer /s /r C:\

The following command saves a certificate with the common name myCert in the my system store to a file called newCert.cer. (certmgr command is certmgr.exe instead of certmgr.msc)
certmgr /add /c /n myCert /s my newCert.cer
Please refer to the below link.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/tools/certmgr-exe-certificate-manager-tool
Besides, we could refer to the below Powershell cmdlet, which can export a certificate to a file, the difference between these commands is whether the private key and some other extended properties are exported.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/pkiclient/export-certificate?view=win10-ps
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/pkiclient/export-pfxcertificate?view=win10-ps
Here is an example of exporting a certificate to a PFX file.
$mypwd = ConvertTo-SecureString -String "1234" -Force -AsPlainText
Get-ChildItem -Path cert:\localMachine\my\5F98EBBFE735CDDAE00E33E0FD69050EF9220254 | Export-PfxCertificate -FilePath C:\mypfx.pfx -Password $mypwd

UiPath: error in iTextSharp at my custom activity [duplicate]

I have used itextsharp library to generate pdf in my asp.net web application. It was working fine untill today when suddenly my laptop on which the application was running in the debug mode went off. When I switched on my laptop again and tried to run the application I satrted getting this error:
"Could not load file or assembly 'itextsharp, Version=5.5.0.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8354ae6d2174ddca' or one of its
dependencies. The parameter is incorrect. (Exception from HRESULT:
0x80070057 (E_INVALIDARG))"
What could be the reason and how can I solve this? Please help.

Try removing the reference and add again...!!! Seems like the reference got removed due to improper shutdown.

Try to clean Temporary Files of Asp.Net, sometime I've experimented strage cases of files corruption(I know this should be a comment but It's verbose):
1 - Open notepad and paste the following.
#ECHO OFF
ECHO Per­form­ing IIS Reset
IISRESET
ECHO Delet­ing Cache
Del /F /Q /S %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WebsiteCache\*.*
Del /F /Q /S %LOCALAPPDATA%\Temp\VWDWebCache\*.*
Del /F /Q /S “%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Team Foundation\3.0\Cache\*.*“
Del /F /Q /S “C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\*.*“
Del /F /Q /S “C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\*.*“
Del /F /Q /S “C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\*.*“
Del /F /Q /S “C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\*.*“
ECHO Complete
2 - Save the file as a .bat file.
3 - run it from the com­mand prompt.

I had a backup of my project. Restored the backup and it worked. Thanks for all the suggestions.

Using 7-zip to add folders to separate archive (windows)

With Winrar I can use this command for create archives for each folder
for folder in */; do rar a -m0 -r "${folder%/}.rar" "$folder"; done
I use windows and I want cloning this command using 7z Console because software is more strong.
I try also this batch
#ECHO OFF
FOR %%A IN (*) DO "c:\program files\7-zip\7z.exe" a -mx9 -m0=lzma2:d256m "%%~nA.7z" "%%A"
but archive me only files, not separated folders.

Solution here
for /d %%X in (*) do "c:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" a "%%X.zip" "%%X\"

Uninstalling IE 10 Using a batch file

I found a way to uninstall IE 10 using a batch file which below and it works great like it's suppose to. It uninstalls and restarts the computer after about a minute.
FORFILES /P %WINDIR%\servicing\Packages /M Microsoft-Windows-InternetExplorer-10..mum /c "cmd /c echo Uninstalling package #fname && start /w pkgmgr /up:#fname /norestart /quiet"
shutdown -r
But I wanted to take this further and Hide IE 10 from windows updates which will prevent windows to install this update actually in the future and to do that, Microsoft provides an executable file which you can download from here
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36512 After extracting this executable, you get 3 files, IE10_Blocker.adm, IE_blocker.cmd and IE10_BlockerHelp.htm and Microsoft instructions are "In the Command Prompt, goto the folder where you have extracted these 3 files and type “ie9_blocker.cmd /B” and hit Enter to set the blocker on the machine."
I decided to make one batch file for all this so right now I got this far.
FORFILES /P %WINDIR%\servicing\Packages /M Microsoft-Windows-InternetExplorer-10..mum /c "cmd /c echo Uninstalling package #fname && start /w pkgmgr /up:#fname /norestart /quiet"
mkdir “C:\IE10”
copy /Y \file01p\Users\test\public\IE Update blocker\IE10*.* “C:\IE10”
start /d C:IE10\IE10_Blocker.cmd /b
shutdown -r
mkdir “C:\IE10” This command is suppose to create the directory called IE10 on C drive
copy /Y \file01p\Users\test\public\IE Update blocker\IE10*.* “C:\IE10” This command will copy those executable from the network public folders to their C:\IE10 which I just created in the previous step.
This script doesn't work. Only up to uninstalling IE 10 it works but it doesn't create the directory and so it doesn't copy the files from the network. How can do this?
Thanks
Thanks

Try running your batch as administrator.
in an administrator : command prompt it makes the directory without issue.
also, it could be that you do not have access to make the directory on C:
you could try locating it elsewhere that you are sure you have write access.

mono.security.dll novell.directory.ldap.dll Secure Socket Layer - SSL

Imported certificates like this:
certmgr /add /v /c /ctl "selfsignedroot.cer" /s /r localMachine root
certmgr /add /v /c /ctl "server.cer" /s /r localMachine root
certmgr /add /v /c /ctl "server.cer" /s /r localMachine CA
certmgr /add /v /c /ctl "server.cer" /s /r localMachine MY
My code looks like this
LdapConnection conn = new LdapConnection();
conn.SecureSocketLayer=true;
conn.Connect("server",636);
conn.bind("cn=user,o=root","password");
I get error comming from mono.security.dll. Error code: -2146762487. Which means it failed to validate root certificate. Looking at the certificate via mmc it is shown as trusted.

Mono.Security.dll is cross platform and its origins are on Linux. As such it does not use Windows CryptoAPI-based certificate stores, but it's own stores (and tools).
You can look at the Mono project's wiki, e.g. the security FAQ, and in particular the article named Using Trusted Roots Respectfully.