Import certificates into Windows Certificate Store

this section explains how to import the code signing certificate (which microsoft signtool uses to sign files) and the ca certificates that issued the code signing certificate into the windows certificate store import the ca certificates in windows, open the manage computer certificates application right click the trusted root certificate authorities certificate store, and select all tasks > import select the local machine store if it's not already selected select \[ next ] select \[ browse ] and find and select all the ca certificates (one or more) that signed the code signing certificate you need for signtool select the option that puts all certificates in the trusted root certificate authorities store and select \[ next ] select \[ finish ] import the code signing certificate in windows, open the manage computer certificates application right click the personal certificate store and select all tasks > import select the local machine store if it's not already selected select \[ next ] select \[ browse ] and find and select the code signing certificate that you need for signtool select \[ next ] select the option that puts all certificates in the personal store and select \[ next ] select \[ finish ]