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, not used and can be a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

csp

A reference to CryptoServiceProvider instance descripting Cryptographic service provider (CSP) to be used for the given store, or a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) if the default CSP should be used.

registryLocation

Windows registry location of the system store if storeType is System; otherwise, not used and can be any RegistryStoreLocation value.

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.

Exceptions

See Also

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

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