Where does makecert.exe store the digital certificate

Question

I created a self-signed certificate and a client certificate using this tutorial and the makecert.exe tool:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff647171.aspx

However, when I go to MMC and try to import the certificate in the Trusted Root Certificate Authorities, I have no clue where to locate the .cer file.

Where does the makecert.exe tool save the certificates it creates?

Siliculose

Answer 1

Step 1, point 1

Open a Visual Studio command prompt and browse to the location where you want to save the certificate files

Is it therefore not the location you went to, upon opening the Visual Studio command prompt?

Darden

Sorry if this seemed a bit blunt =) – Darden

Oops. I missed that part. Thank you – Siliculose

Answer 2

If you did what I did and just left the command prompt in c:\windows\system32 (using the x64 Cross Tools Command Prompt) you will be surprised that the file is not in c:\windows\system32 (as evidenced by doing a simple dir *.cer).

Fortunately it will be found sitting in c:\windows\SysWOW64.

Hillegass