To resolve the SmartScreen block issue, I’m considering purchasing an OV certificate.

However, before that, I created a certificate for testing using the following command:

yarn electron-builder create-self-signed-cert -p my_publisher

After entering the password a few times, a PFX file was generated in the project root directory.

I set the WIN_CSC_LINK and WIN_CSC_KEY_PASSWORD environment variables and tried to build the project, but the build failed with the error:

SignTool Error: The specified PFX password is not correct.

During certificate creation, I saw the message:

When asked to enter a password ("Create Private Key Password"), please select "None".

Is it not possible to build the project with a self-signed certificate that has a password set? Or did I do something wrong?