What Is Microsoft CertUtil

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What Is Microsoft CertUtil?

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Microsoft CertUtil is a command-line program that is installed as part of Certificate Services on Windows systems. You can use Certutil.exe to dump and display certification authority (CA) configuration information, configure Certificate Services, back up and restore CA components, and verify certificates, key pairs, and certificate chains.

You can use certutil to perform a number of certificate management tasks.

To view the syntax for a specific task, click a task:
To validate that the certificate was issued by a specific CA
To verify the validity of a certificate
To install the CA certificate
To request a renewal CA certificate
To delete keys from the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE root store
To add Netscape-compatible Web-based revocation check extensions to every issued certificate
To retrieve the CA signing certificate and save it to a file
To retrieve the CA signing certificate and chain and save it to a PKCS #7 file
To import a certificate into the server database
To display the certificates in the Local Machine certificate store
To add a certificate or CRL to a local trusted root CA store
To view certificate stores
To verify all certificates in a store
To delete a certificate from the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE root store
To delete a certificate from the HKEY_CURRENT_USER root store
To validate that the certificate was issued by a specific CA

The CertUtil program is located at C:\Windows\System32\certutil.exe

⇒ List of Commands Supported in Microsoft CertUtil

⇐ Microsoft "certutil" Certificate Store Locations

⇑ Introduction to Microsoft "certutil" Commands

⇑⇑ Microsoft "certutil" - Certificate Management Tool

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