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makecert.exe is a command line X.509 digital certificate creation tool included with Microsoft Visual Studio. The certificates created are for testing purposes only. It is already deprecated, so don't use it.

The options for makecert can be found at

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/seccrypto/makecert.

Microsoft now recommends users to switch to PowerShell

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/pkiclient/new-selfsignedcertificate?view=win10-ps

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makecert just repeats command line over and over

I have copied makecert.exe to my System32 folder and used the following command on lots of PCs makecert -r -pe -n "CN=JOHNCERT" -b 01/01/2000 -e 01/01/2099 -eku 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.3 -ss My but for a couple of PCs (With no obvious difference to the…
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Change the Information on a Self Signed Generated Certificate

I have previously generated a certificate using the Visual Studio "makecert" program. Is there any way of being able to modify the Name, Email, Address values on the certificate? Currently the certificate has null for those values.
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How can I create a cert file?

This is my first question in this site. I wann to create a .cer file from scratch. I know I can use makecert. But I want to create it from my C#. I'm already doing it using Process.Start to start makecert. is there anyother way to do that? I'm using…
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