Skip to content

Getting Started Documentation: Improving common errors session readability #6041

New issue

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community.

Sign up for GitHub

By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails.

Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

Open
wants to merge 2 commits into
base: main
Choose a base branch
from
Open

Getting Started Documentation: Improving common errors session readability #6041

Changes from all commits
Commits
Show all changes
2 commits
Select commit Hold shift + click to select a range
c146ec7
Improving common errors session of getting started doc
guimafelipe Nov 26, 2025
ef60f90
Removing extra empty line
guimafelipe Nov 26, 2025
File filter

Filter by extension

Filter by extension
Conversations
Failed to load comments.
Loading
Jump to
Jump to file
Failed to load files.
Loading
Diff view
Diff view
25 changes: 17 additions & 8 deletions docs/Coding-Guidelines/GettingStarted.md
View file
Open in desktop
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -74,14 +74,23 @@ Troubleshoot build problems by enabling binary logging (e.g. `msbuild...-bl`) an

### Common Build Errors

PROBLEM 001: Expired Test Certificate
SYMPTOMS:
VS ErrorList:
MSB3073 The command "signtool.exe sign ..." exited with code 1...\MakeMsix.targets...
Build Output:
Build Output: EXEC : SignTool error : No certificates were found that met all the given criteria.
...\MakeMsix.targets...error MSB3073: The command "signtool.exe sign ..." exited with code 1.
SOLUTION: Run DevCheck.cmd (from an admin prompt). This detects the expired certificate and prompts to create a new one.
#### Problem 001: Expired Test Certificate

##### Symptoms

###### VS ErrorList:

```MSB3073 The command "signtool.exe sign ..." exited with code 1...\MakeMsix.targets...```

###### Build Output:

```
Build Output: EXEC : SignTool error : No certificates were found that met all the given criteria.
...\MakeMsix.targets...error MSB3073: The command "signtool.exe sign ..." exited with code 1.
```
##### Solution

Run `DevCheck.cmd` (from an admin prompt). This detects the expired certificate and prompts to create a new one.

## Testing Tips

Expand Down
Loading