Note: This article was originally published in 2013. Some steps, commands, or software versions may have changed. Check the current Windows Servers documentation for the latest information.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have:

  • Windows Server installed
  • Administrator access
  • Remote Desktop or direct console access

How to: Manage the (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_Certificate “Junior Certificate”) Store on your local machine using the (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_Prompt “Command Prompt”) or (http://www.microsoft.com/powershell “Windows PowerShell”)

It seems that as of late I am playing a lot with certificates in order to authenticate traffic across the network. Some of the most useful shell commands I have found are listed below, hopefully they’ll help you manage your certificate store when using the (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_interface “User interface”) is not an easy option: List all the certificates in the store:

certutil -store | more (list cert store)

(or)

get-item Cert:LocalMachineMy*

  Delete a particular certificate from the store:

certutil -delstore (Index#)

(or)

remove-item Cert:LocalMachineMy (thumbprint#)

   

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