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AddCertificate does not add private key to Windows store

Jul 06 '12 at 18:59

The AddCertificate command does not add the private key to the Windows Store. I use the LoadPfxFile command, with the correct password, and then the AddCertificate command. The certificate gets imported but without the private key. I want to import the private key also because i need SSL client authentication.

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Answer

Correct. The Chilkat.CertStore.AddCertificate method only adds the certificate to the certificate store, but not the private key. Internally, it is calling the CryptoAPI function CertAddCertificateContextToStore (see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa376009%28v=vs.85%29.aspx )

The relatively undocumented Chilkat.Pfx class can be used to import a PFX (certs + private keys). See the reference documentation here: http://www.chilkatsoft.com/refdoc/csPFxRef.html