Help guys!

The self-generated certificate that I use to sign my ClickOnce-deployed application has expired.

I've gone into certmgr.msc, right-clicked on the certificate and selected "All Tasks|Renew Certificate with Same Key", and get this error:

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The wizard cannot be started because it failed to contact the active directory.
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... which is correct- my PC has never been part of an active directory domain. This is a personal hobby project at home!

How do I renew this key? Am I screwed? If I create a new key, none of my users will be able to update, will they?

Can anyone help with this? Any MS guys reading?

If I can't create a new certificate with the same key, my users won't be able to upgrade to the next version I publish, right? They'll need to uninstall the current version and install the next version as if it's a new program?

How would I go about renewing a self-generated certificate in the first place, assuming it hadn't expired? Or am I going to have to go through this process every year?

Hi mabster,

Hope this may help.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=925521

Interesting. I wonder if MS will make this "renewcert" command-line tool available as a download? For those of us running Visual Studio Express who can't create Win32 executables, that is.

I want it fixed in VS2005! Not in Orcas.

I wouldn't hold your breath. See previous topic on the forums at: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=442030&SiteID=1

Good to hear it's going to be fixed in Orcas. For me, I think it might be the best reason to upgrade.