How can I install a certificate into the local machine store programmatically using c#?

J Davis picture J Davis · Feb 19, 2009 · Viewed 71k times · Source

I have a certificate generated via MakeCert. I want to use this certificate for WCF message security using PeerTrust. How can I programmatically install the certificate into the "trusted people" local machine certificate store using c# or .NET?

I have a CER file, but can also create a PFX.

Answer

Demi picture Demi · Feb 19, 2009

I believe that this is correct:

using (X509Store store = new X509Store(StoreName.TrustedPeople, StoreLocation.LocalMachine)) 
{
   store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadWrite);
   store.Add(cert); //where cert is an X509Certificate object
}