How to add a certificate to the windows certificate store?

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How to add a certificate to the windows certificate store?

I tried the below code. But the certificate is not getting added to the certificate store.
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string certificateFilePath=@"C:\Documents and Settings\alexander.junior\Desktop\Test.cer";
// Convert the Filename to an X509 Certificate
 X509Certificate2 cert = new X509Certificate2(certificateFilePath);

// Get the server certificate store
X509Store store = new X509Store(StoreName.My, StoreLocation.LocalMachine);

store.Open(OpenFlags.MaxAllowed);
store.Add(cert); // x509 certificate created from a user supplied filename

Posted 27-Oct-15 3:42am

Korathu123

Updated 27-Oct-15 12:06pm

saddam abu ghaida

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saddam abu ghaida 27-Oct-15 18:14pm

what is the error that you are getting or it just doesn't add the cert ?

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saddam abu ghaida · Answer 1 · 2015-10-27T12:15:00

Solution 1

hello I think this should work

C#

X509Store store = new X509Store(StoreName.My, StoreLocation. LocalMachine);
store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadWrite);
store.Add(new X509Certificate2(X509Certificate2.CreateFromCertFile(certificateFilePath)));
store.Close();

Posted 27-Oct-15 12:15pm

saddam abu ghaida