Where does makecert.exe store the digital certificate

Question

I created a self-signed certificate and a client certificate using this tutorial and the makecert.exe tool:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff647171.aspx

However, when I go to MMC and try to import the certificate in the Trusted Root Certificate Authorities, I have no clue where to locate the .cer file.

Where does the makecert.exe tool save the certificates it creates?

axeman axeman · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-03T00:06:03

If you did what I did and just left the command prompt in c:\windows\system32 (using the x64 Cross Tools Command Prompt) you will be surprised that the file is not in c:\windows\system32 (as evidenced by doing a simple dir *.cer).

Fortunately it will be found sitting in c:\windows\SysWOW64.

Where does makecert.exe store the digital certificate

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