Failure using Wix installer certificates with Windows Vista

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Luke Bakken
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WiX users,

I'm following up on a thread from late July entitled "Failure using
Wix installer certificates with WCF". I am trying to use WiX to
install PFX certificates with private keys on Windows Vista. The
installer I have works on XP, but on Vista the certificates *appear*
to install correctly, however there are no private key files created.
I believe this is the cause of the problem described in that thread.

I'm attempting a workaround using either winhttpcertcfg.exe or a
combination of certmgr.exe and winhttpcertcfg.exe.

I would enter a bug report, however it appears that new bug reports
are disabled on SourceForge for the WiX project. Is this true? All I
can choose is "Add New Artifact" and "Browse".

Thanks,
Luke

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Rob Mensching-2
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What version of the WiX toolset are you using?

-----Original Message-----
From: Luke Bakken [mailto:luke.bakken@...]
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 09:35
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: [WiX-users] Failure using Wix installer certificates with Windows Vista

WiX users,

I'm following up on a thread from late July entitled "Failure using
Wix installer certificates with WCF". I am trying to use WiX to
install PFX certificates with private keys on Windows Vista. The
installer I have works on XP, but on Vista the certificates *appear*
to install correctly, however there are no private key files created.
I believe this is the cause of the problem described in that thread.

I'm attempting a workaround using either winhttpcertcfg.exe or a
combination of certmgr.exe and winhttpcertcfg.exe.

I would enter a bug report, however it appears that new bug reports
are disabled on SourceForge for the WiX project. Is this true? All I
can choose is "Add New Artifact" and "Browse".

Thanks,
Luke

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Luke Bakken
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Rob,

I'm using 3.0.3829 + the patches I submitted to fix the orphaned
private key issue - that issue is fixed in CVS and I'm eagerly
awaiting the next binary release.

I'm putting together a stripped-down example to add to a bug report on
SourceForge. I'll try it out on XP and Vista with the v2 binaries as
well as the "last known good" (with regard to certificates) v3
binaries.

Am I missing something about entering a bug on SF?

Thanks,
Luke

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Rob Mensching
<Rob.Mensching@...> wrote:

> What version of the WiX toolset are you using?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luke Bakken [mailto:luke.bakken@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 09:35
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: [WiX-users] Failure using Wix installer certificates with Windows Vista
>
> WiX users,
>
> I'm following up on a thread from late July entitled "Failure using
> Wix installer certificates with WCF". I am trying to use WiX to
> install PFX certificates with private keys on Windows Vista. The
> installer I have works on XP, but on Vista the certificates *appear*
> to install correctly, however there are no private key files created.
> I believe this is the cause of the problem described in that thread.
>
> I'm attempting a workaround using either winhttpcertcfg.exe or a
> combination of certmgr.exe and winhttpcertcfg.exe.
>
> I would enter a bug report, however it appears that new bug reports
> are disabled on SourceForge for the WiX project. Is this true? All I
> can choose is "Add New Artifact" and "Browse".
>
> Thanks,
> Luke
>
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Rob Mensching-2
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If you have another Certificate bug the stripped down example would be very helpful.  Just make sure to file the bug under

extensions
V3.0

And I'll see it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Luke Bakken [mailto:luke.bakken@...]
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 10:29
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Failure using Wix installer certificates with Windows Vista

Rob,

I'm using 3.0.3829 + the patches I submitted to fix the orphaned
private key issue - that issue is fixed in CVS and I'm eagerly
awaiting the next binary release.

I'm putting together a stripped-down example to add to a bug report on
SourceForge. I'll try it out on XP and Vista with the v2 binaries as
well as the "last known good" (with regard to certificates) v3
binaries.

Am I missing something about entering a bug on SF?

Thanks,
Luke

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Rob Mensching
<Rob.Mensching@...> wrote:

> What version of the WiX toolset are you using?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luke Bakken [mailto:luke.bakken@...]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 09:35
> To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> Subject: [WiX-users] Failure using Wix installer certificates with Windows Vista
>
> WiX users,
>
> I'm following up on a thread from late July entitled "Failure using
> Wix installer certificates with WCF". I am trying to use WiX to
> install PFX certificates with private keys on Windows Vista. The
> installer I have works on XP, but on Vista the certificates *appear*
> to install correctly, however there are no private key files created.
> I believe this is the cause of the problem described in that thread.
>
> I'm attempting a workaround using either winhttpcertcfg.exe or a
> combination of certmgr.exe and winhttpcertcfg.exe.
>
> I would enter a bug report, however it appears that new bug reports
> are disabled on SourceForge for the WiX project. Is this true? All I
> can choose is "Add New Artifact" and "Browse".
>
> Thanks,
> Luke
>
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> _______________________________________________
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>
>
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