Opens an existing or creates a new store of certificates.

Parameters

storeName

The name of the certificate store or the filename if the store is a file.

storeType

The type of the certificate store.

pfxPassword

PFX password if storeType is Pfx; otherwise, can be a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Remarks

Only Memory stores can be created. Other stores can only be opened. It's possible, however, to create a memory store and then save it into a file using SaveToFile method. To create a new system store, use RegisterSystemStore method.

If you open a file store and then modify its contents, it won't be updated on disk until you save it back to the file. A system store, however, gets updated immediately in its registry location each time you call any method which modifies this store.

Note   This overload opens system stores which are located in HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry branch only. To open a system store located in another branch of the registry (such as HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE which is user-independent), use CertificateStore overload.

Exceptions

Example

The example is available in CertificateStore topic.

See Also

CertificateStore Class | MailBee.Security Namespace | CertificateStore Constructor Overload List

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