the operating system, "\??" is equivalent to "\DosDevices". • For example, the object name of the "C:\WINDOWS\example.txt" file is "\DosDevices\C:\WINDOWS\example.txt". Path Type Description \\abc\xyz MSDN C:\abc\xyz MSDN \\.\C:\abc\xyz MSDN \\?\C:\abc\xyz MSDN \\?\UNC\abc\xyz MSDN \??\UNC\abc\xyz MSDN ?\UNC\abc\xyz Actually in WindowsServer 2012 2016
if you try to use sign function within VS project, that’s another issue. • You should already have .cat, .sys & .inf (with sign function in VS, you will get your own usable .cer if you set it right.)