I am not sure why I keep getting this signtool error

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I have been trying to digitally sign for my driver file. I have been using this on the command prompt:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.22621.0\x86>signtool sign /v /fd sha1 /t http://timestamp.globalsign.com/tsa/r6advanced1 /sm Personal /n DriverMonochromator prefix.cat

Looks like anything after the /sm file is considered as FileName.

The following certificate was selected:
    Issued to: DriverMonochromator
    Issued by: DriverMonochromator
    Expires:   Sat Dec 31 16:59:59 2039
    SHA1 hash: E70F7745D8D42E9722A42E97A65DAC8039B940CF

Done Adding Additional Store
SignTool Error: File not found: Personal
SignTool Error: File not found: /n
SignTool Error: File not found: DriverMonochromator
SignTool Error: File not found: prefix.inf

Number of files successfully Signed: 0
Number of warnings: 0
Number of errors: 4

What I have tried:

How do I solve this? I have been reading bunch of article and using many other syntax but still the same error

Posted 20-Jul-22 6:58am

Aadarsha Nanthakumar

Updated 20-Jul-22 7:09am

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2022-07-20T07:09:00

You could have solved this yourself by examining the help for the sign option:

signtool sign /?

The option for picking the store you want to use is "/s Personal", not "/sm".

/s <name>   Specify the Store to open when searching for the cert. The default
            is the "MY" Store.
/sm         Open a Machine store instead of a User store.

Note, there is no name parameter for "/sm".