FIX: File signed by using SHA256 cannot be loaded in Windows Embedded Compact 7

This article describes an issue in which a file that is signed by using SHA256 hash values cannot be loaded in Windows Embedded Compact 7.

Before you install this update, all previously issued updates for this product must be installed.

Assume that you use a device that's running Windows Embedded Compact 7. When you load crypto binaries that are signed by using the SHA256 hashing algorithm, the file does not load.

Note Currently, the crypto binaries are signed by using SHA1 hash values for integrity checking.

Download information

The Windows Embedded Compact 7 Monthly Update (June 2018) is now available from Microsoft. To download the update, go to the Device Partner Center (DPC).

The kind of processor that each file applies to is visible in the name of each file in the "File information" section.

Prerequisites

This update is supported only if all previously issued updates for this product have also been installed.

Restart requirement

After you apply this update, you must perform a clean build of the whole platform. To do this, use one of the following methods:

• On the Build menu, select Clean Solution, and then select Build Solution.
• On the Build menu, select Rebuild Solution.

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this software update.

Update replacement information

This update does not replace any other updates.

File information

Learn about the terminology that Microsoft uses to describe software updates.