Enumerates the names for commonly used certificate stores.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Enum CertificateStoreName Inherits System.Enum

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Dim instance As CertificateStoreName

C#
public enum CertificateStoreName : System.Enum

Managed Extensions for C++
__value public enum CertificateStoreName : public System.Enum

C++/CLI
public enum class CertificateStoreName : public System.Enum

Members

Member	Description
Acrs	The name for Automatic Certificate Request Service certificate stores.
AddressBook	The name of the certificate store holding "Other People". These certificates usually include a public key but no private key, and are used to encrypt outgoing messages.
CA	The name used for Intermediate Certification Authorities".
Disallowed	The name used for "Untrusted Certificates".
Efs	The name for Windows encrypting file systems certificate stores.
My	The name used for "Personal Certificates". These certificates usually include a public key (that is exported) and a private key that is used to decrypt received messages.
NtAuth	The name for NT authentication certificate stores.
Request	The name for pending certificate request stores.
Root	The name used for "Trusted Root Certification Authorities".
Spc	The name for software publisher's certificate stores.
Trust	The name used for "Enterprise Trust".
TrustedPeople	The name used for "Trusted People".
TrustedPublisher	The name used for "Trusted Publishers".

Example

The following example demonstrates accessing a certificate and displaying info about it.

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Private Sub DisplayCertificateInfo(ByVal certNum as Integer) ' Create a new CertificateStore to access the "MY" certificate store Dim store as new CertificateStore(CertificateStoreLocation.LocalMachine, CertificateStoreName.My) Try ' Get the requested certificate Dim cert as Certificate = store(certNum) ' Display info about the certificate Dim msg as String msg+= "The following information about the certificate is available." + vbCrLF + vbCrLf msg+= "Name: " + cert.Name + vbCrLf msg+= "Description: " + cert.Description + vbCrLf msg+= "Expires: " + cert.ExpirationDate + vbCrLf msg+= "Issued: " + cert.IssueDate + vbCrLf msg+= "Issues to: " + cert.IssuedTo + vbCrLf msg+= "Serial number: " + cert.SerialNumber + vbCrLf msg+= "Version: " + cert.Versio MessageBox.Show(msg) Catch ex as Exception MessageBox.Show("Error. No certificate found at index " + certNum) End Try End Sub

Visual Basic

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Private Sub DisplayCertificateInfo(ByVal certNum as Integer)
   
   ' Create a new CertificateStore to access the "MY" certificate store
   Dim store as new CertificateStore(CertificateStoreLocation.LocalMachine, CertificateStoreName.My)

   Try
      ' Get the requested certificate
      Dim cert as Certificate = store(certNum)

      ' Display info about the certificate
      Dim msg as String
      msg+= "The following information about the certificate is available." + vbCrLF + vbCrLf
      msg+= "Name: " + cert.Name + vbCrLf 
      msg+= "Description: " + cert.Description + vbCrLf
      msg+= "Expires: " + cert.ExpirationDate + vbCrLf
      msg+= "Issued: " + cert.IssueDate + vbCrLf
      msg+= "Issues to: " + cert.IssuedTo + vbCrLf
      msg+= "Serial number: " + cert.SerialNumber + vbCrLf
      msg+= "Version: " + cert.Versio
      MessageBox.Show(msg)
   Catch ex as Exception
      MessageBox.Show("Error. No certificate found at index " + certNum)
   End Try
End Sub

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private void DisplayCertificateInfo(int certNum) { // Create a new CertificateStore to access the "MY" certificate store CertificateStore store = new CertificateStore(CertificateStoreLocation.LocalMachine, CertificateStoreName.My); try { // Get the requested certificate Certificate cert = store[certNum]; // Display info about the certificate string msg = ""; msg+= "The following information about the certificate is available.\r\n\r\n"; msg+= "Name: " + cert.Name + "\r\n"; msg+= "Description: " + cert.Description + "\r\n"; msg+= "Expires: " + cert.ExpirationDate + "\r\n"; msg+= "Issued: " + cert.IssueDate + "\r\n"; msg+= "Issues to: " + cert.IssuedTo + "\r\n"; msg+= "Serial number: " + cert.SerialNumber + "\r\n"; msg+= "Version: " + cert.Version; MessageBox.Show(msg); } catch(Exception ex) { MessageBox.Show("Error. No certificate found at index " + certNum); } }

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private void DisplayCertificateInfo(int certNum)
{
   // Create a new CertificateStore to access the "MY" certificate store
   CertificateStore store = new CertificateStore(CertificateStoreLocation.LocalMachine, CertificateStoreName.My);

   try
   {
      // Get the requested certificate
      Certificate cert = store[certNum];

      // Display info about the certificate
      string msg = "";
      msg+= "The following information about the certificate is available.\r\n\r\n";
      msg+= "Name: " + cert.Name + "\r\n";
      msg+= "Description: " + cert.Description + "\r\n";
      msg+= "Expires: " + cert.ExpirationDate + "\r\n";
      msg+= "Issued: " + cert.IssueDate + "\r\n";
      msg+= "Issues to: " + cert.IssuedTo + "\r\n";
      msg+= "Serial number: " + cert.SerialNumber + "\r\n";
      msg+= "Version: " + cert.Version;
      MessageBox.Show(msg);
   }
   catch(Exception ex)
   {
      MessageBox.Show("Error. No certificate found at index " + certNum);
   }
}

Remarks

A certificate store is a location on the system (memory, disk, registry, etc.) where certificates are stored for use. Although there are many certificate stores, there are two commonly used system stores.

MY - personal certificates go here
ROOT - certificates for Trusted Root Certificate Authorities

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   System.ValueType
      System.Enum
         Dart.PowerTCP.Mail.CertificateStoreName

Requirements

Target Platforms: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0