Adding Certificates to the Windows Certificate Store
Certificates are added to the Windows Certificate Store in the Microsoft Management Console (MMC).
To open the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) press Windows+R, type mmc in the input field and press Enter.
Before the MMC can be used to add a certificate to the Windows Certificate Store, the Certificates snap-in has to be added.
Adding the Certificates Snap-in to the Microsoft Management Console
To add the Certificates Snap-in to the MMC …
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In the Console1 window, go to the File menu and select Add/Remove Snap-in …
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In the Available snap-ins list, click on Certificates in and then click Add.
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In the Certificates snap-in dialog, select My user account and click Finish.
4 Click OK to close the Add or Remove Snap-ins dialog.
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In the File menu, the current configuration of the Management Console can be saved and loaded in future sessions so that the previous steps don’t have to repeated. |
With the Certificates snap-in added to the MMC, the certificate can now be imported into to the Windows Certificate Store.
Importing A Certiticate into the Windows Certificate Store
To import a certificate into the Windows Certificate Store …
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In the Console Tree panel, expand the Certificates - Current User section.
2 Expand the Trusted Root Certification Authorities section.
3 Right-click on Certificates and select All Tasks > Import.
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In the Certificate Import Wizard select the Store Location (Current User) and click Next
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On the 'File to Import' page, click Browse … and select the certificate file that you wish to import and confirm your selection by clicking Open.
6 Then, back on the 'File to Import' page, click Next.
7 On the 'Certificate Store' page, verify that Place all certificates in the following store is selected, verify that Trusted Root Certification Authorities is displayed in the Certificate Store box, and then click Next.
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On the Completing the Certificate Import Wizard page, verify the settings and click Finish.
The Import Success message will appear indicating that the certificate has been added to Windows Certificate Store.