The solution that Visual Studio requires to import the PFX key and still require import after import

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http://validvoid.net/visual-studio-pfx-import/

Import Key

When you use Visual Studio production projects, items that are signed with a PFX key may experience the following issues:

Unable to import the following key file: ****.pfx, the key file may be password protected. To correct this problem, try importing the certificate again, or manually install the certificate to a strong name with the following key container name csp:vs_key_****************

Cannot import the following key file: ****.pfx. The key file may be password protected. To correct this, try-to-import the certificate again or manually install the certificate to the strong Name CSP with the F Ollowing key Container name:vs_key_****************

In this case, just follow the prompts to import the key, the specific steps are:

1. Start the Visual Studio command prompt

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2. Navigate to the directory where the. pfx file is located in the command prompt

3. At the command prompt, entersn -i \*\*\*\*.pfx VS\_KEY\_\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*

   For example:sn -i xxxx.pfx VS_KEY_791BAAE3DF288545

4. Enter the password for the. PFX key file to complete the import

You should be able to build your project correctly in Visual Studio after you complete the import.

Re-import the key

Sometimes, when Visual Studio requires that you import a key and perform the above import step, you get the following error:

Failed to install key pair--Object already exists

You can then Visual Studio 命令提示 remove the imported key by executing the following command in to re-import:

sn -d VS\_KEY\_\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*

After the key deletion is successful, the key can be re-imported through the above import steps.

If you get the following error when you delete the key:

Container does not exist

Container does not exist

This is due to the fact that another account in the system has already imported the key and cannot be removed from the current account. You can try to remove the key by logging in to the user account that you previously imported the key to, and then switch to the account where you want to build the project to re-import the key.

The solution that Visual Studio requires to import the PFX key and still require import after import