Windows 7 x64: SignTool Error: Signtool requires CAPICOM version 2.1.0.1 or higher.

After running recent updates on my Windows 7 machine the following error occurres:

SignTool Error: Signtool requires CAPICOM version 2.1.0.1 or higher. Please
        copy the latest version of CAPICOM.dll into the directory that contains
        SignTool.exe. If CAPICOM.dll exists, you may not have proper
        permissions to install CAPICOM.

Number of files successfully Signed: 0
Number of warnings: 0
Number of errors: 1

The solution to fix this error:

Problem solved…

Daniel Nikolic