makecert.exe missing in windows 10, how to get it and use it

c# iis configuration windows-10 makecert
Te7a picture Te7a · Jul 19, 2018 · Viewed 24.9k times · Source

I am using Windows 10. I don't have the makecert.exe, which I came to know when I tried to run commands to generate certificates like makecert.exe
I get error :

'makecert' is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

and I already installed windows SDK for windows 10.

Answer

Damien_The_Unbeliever picture Damien_The_Unbeliever · Jul 19, 2018

It may be installed but it's probably just not in the path.

For instance, I can find it under C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.16299.0\x64 but I can also find another one under C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.16299.0\x86. Exact versions in the path will vary based on which exact version of the SDK you've installed.

Neither of those paths are in my PATH environment variable though (and I don't remember explicitly removing it after installing the SDK), so I can't just say makecert at the command line, I have to give a full path to the one I want to run.

A handy way to try to find where you have copies is the where command. Here I've limited my search to the SDKs directory but you can search your whole hard drive if you want:

C:\Users\Damien>where /R "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits" makecert.*
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.16299.0\arm64\makecert.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.16299.0\x64\makecert.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.16299.0\x86\makecert.exe

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