Go to start. In the Start search box, type in Certmgr.msc.

From there you can view the installed certificates on your computer. I'm not sure where the certificate was installed.

However, I would advise you to contact the tech support who helped you to install the certificate to make sure you are

going to remove the correct certificate.

If nothing else has changed in your environment, you could do a system restore to before you installed the certificate. To choose a System Restore point,

·         From the Desktop click the Start button

·         In the Search Field type “System Restore” and hit enter

·         Once System Restore is open, select the option “choose a different restore point” and hit next

Once on the next screen, pick a restore point to go back to when it last worked for you. Once you select the restore point, click next, then select finish, this will start the restore process.

Hope this helps.

In Internet Explorer:

Go to Tools (Alt+X) → Internet Options → Content → Certificates.

There is no way to use custom cert store path in Windows, you should import certifates to existing cert stores.

Check Import-Certificate

cd cert:
PS Cert:\> ls
  Location   : CurrentUser
  StoreNames : {TrustedPublisher, ClientAuthIssuer, Root, TrustedDevices...}
  Location   : LocalMachine
  StoreNames : {TestSignRoot, ClientAuthIssuer, OemEsim, WindowsServerUpdateServices...}

PS Cert:\> cd .\\LocalMachine\
PS Cert:\LocalMachine\> ls

PS Cert:\LocalMachine\> cd .\Root\

Thats it :)

This is possible with a PowerShell one-liner, you just need an easy way to identify that cert (I'm using the cert's ThumbPrint).

If you already have a known machine that you know definitely has the cert installed (easiest way to check interactively is by just using certmgr.msc) then you can use that machine to find the cert's thumbprint.

The following PowerShell command will list all certs installed in the Trusted Publisher store in the local machine context:

Get-ChildItem -Path Cert:\LocalMachine\TrustedPublisher

Obviously the path above can be modified, to list other cert stores, or you can view (a long list of) all locally installed certs using:

Get-ChildItem -Path Cert: -Recurse

The first command should give you an output something like this:

PS C:\> Get-ChildItem -Path Cert:\LocalMachine\TrustedPublisher


    Directory:
    Microsoft.PowerShell.Security\Certificate::LocalMachine\TrustedPublisher


Thumbprint                                Subject
----------                                -------
83EDC96EC3D55125EFFC77BC815F9133E268D5EB  CN="User, Test", OU=Testing Resources...
4DFF713712084D43DE6879C689F9A143C4A793BF  CN=Server One Self-signed

Once you've found the Thumbprint of the cert that you're looking for, you can use that to filter the results like this:

Get-ChildItem -Path Cert:\LocalMachine\TrustedPublisher | Where-Object {$_.Thumbprint -eq "83EDC96EC3D55125EFFC77BC815F9133E268D5EB"}

That should return the details of the cert if it's installed, and nothing if it's not. Amongst other uses, this Powershell one-liner can be used as a Custom Script Detection method in an SCCM 2012 Application.

(Resources used: Use PowerShell to Find Certificates that are About to Expire | PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Discover Certificate Thumbprints | Using the Where-Object Cmdlet)

Go to start. In the Start search box, type in Certmgr.msc.

From there you can view the installed certificates on your computer. I'm not sure where the certificate was installed.

However, I would advise you to contact the tech support who helped you to install the certificate to make sure you are

going to remove the correct certificate.

If nothing else has changed in your environment, you could do a system restore to before you installed the certificate. To choose a System Restore point,

·         From the Desktop click the Start button

·         In the Search Field type “System Restore” and hit enter

·         Once System Restore is open, select the option “choose a different restore point” and hit next

Once on the next screen, pick a restore point to go back to when it last worked for you. Once you select the restore point, click next, then select finish, this will start the restore process.

Hope this helps.

Hello,

I am curious if there is a way to see what installed certificates are used for. I see in certlm.msc there is an “Intended Purposes” object, but I wish there was more information. Is there a way to see what application is using those certificates? Is there a way to see the last time a certificate has been used? I am thinking there should be some kind of event viewer ID associated with the request of any certificate from Cert:\LocalMachine\Me or something like that. And if there are 2 certificates one being a wildcard and one being the full cert the same as the machine’s hostname, which one will be chosen? I am guessing the one with the most amount of time left is selected, but what if they expire at the same time?

Really I am trying to figure out what applications are using a certificate.

Thanks,