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Can't find Signing Interface - Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition


I'm working on a releasing an open-source Nuget package for the first time with the Visual Studio 2015 Community edition (previously using 2012). Every reference for strong-name signing says that getting the interface to select my signing key is easy:

  1. In Solution Explorer, open the shortcut menu for the project, and then choose Properties.
  2. Choose the Signing tab.

From MSDN: "How to: Sign an Assembly with a Strong Name"

The problem is that of an ignorance and abasement...I can't get to this tab! Did the location change between these two versions? Below is what I get when looking at my Project Properties interface.

my view of the project properties interface

Have tried opening with admin permissions, have tried making a (foolishly naiive) edit to my project.json file to specify compilationOptions->keyFile as a get. None of this seems to work.


Solution

  • It looks like your Project is an Application Project and not a Class Library Project.