Visual Studio Unable to Find Manifest Signing Certficate in the Certificate Store

2013-11-26

Edit your .csproj file in notepad and remove the following:

<PropertyGroup>
    <ManifestCertificateThumbprint>............</ManifestCertificateThumbprint>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup>
    <ManifestKeyFile>xxxxxxxx.pfx</ManifestKeyFile>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup>
    <GenerateManifests>true</GenerateManifests>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup>
    <SignManifests>false</SignManifests>
  </PropertyGroup>