What is "certmgr.exe" on Windows? What can I use it for?

"certmgr.exe" is a Certificate Manager command line tool that allows you to manage certificates, certificate trust lists (CTLs), and certificate revocation lists (CRLs).

The Certificate Manager tool (certmgr.exe) is a command-line utility tool, whereas Certificate Manager console (certmgr.msc) is a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in GUI utility tool. Both of them can be used to manage certificates on Windows systems.

Certmgr.exe performs the following basic functions:

• Displays certificates, CTLs, and CRLs to the console.
• Adds certificates, CTLs, and CRLs to a certificate store.
• Deletes certificates, CTLs, and CRLs from a certificate store.
• Saves an X.509 certificate, CTL, or CRL from a certificate store to a file.

Certmgr.exe works with two types of certificate stores: StoreFile and system store. It is not necessary to specify the type of certificate store; Certmgr.exe can identify the store type and perform the appropriate operations.

The Certmgr.exe tool is automatically installed with Visual Studio and with the Windows SDK.

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⇑ Certificate Manager Command "certmgr.exe" on Windows

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