These Win32® functions help you to manage the storage and retrieval of certificates and manage the certificate store.
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| CertAddCertificateContextToStore | Adds a certificate context to the certificate store. |
| CertAddCertificateLinkToStore | Adds a link in a certificate store to a certificate context in a different store. |
| CertAddEncodedCertificateToStore | Converts the encoded certificate to a certificate context and then adds the context to the certificate store. |
| CertAddSerializedElementToStore | Adds the serialized certificate, CRL, or CTL element to the store. |
| CertAddStoreToCollection | Adds a sibling certificate store to a collection store. |
| CertCloseStore | Closes a certificate store handle. |
| CertControlStore | Notifies application when a change has been made to the persisted store, re-syncs the cached store with the persisted store and commits changes made in the cached store. |
| CertCreateCertificateContext | Creates a certificate context from an encoded certificate. The created context is not put in a certificate store. |
| CertCreateContext | Creates the specified context from the encoded bytes. The new context is not put into a store. |
| CertDeleteCertificateFromStore | Deletes a certificate from the certificate store. |
| CertDuplicateCertificateContext | Duplicates a certificate context by incrementing the reference count. |
| CertDuplicateStore | Duplicates a store context by incrementing reference count. |
| CertEnumCertificateContextProperties | Enumerates the properties for the specified certificate context. |
| CertEnumCertificatesInStore | Enumerates the certificate contexts in the certificate store. |
| CertEnumPhysicalStore | Enumerates the physical stores for a specified system store. |
| CertEnumSystemStore | Enumerates all available system stores. |
| CertEnumSystemStoreLocation | Enumerates all of the locations that have an available system store. |
| CertFindCertificateInStore | Finds the first or next, certificate context in the certificate store matching a given criteria. |
| CertFreeCertificateContext | Frees a certificate context. |
| CertGetCertificateContextProperty | Gets a property for the specified certificate context. |
| CertGetIssuerCertificateFromStore | Gets a certificate context from the certificate store for the fist, or next, issuer of the specified subject certificate. |
| CertGetStoreProperty | Gets a certificate store property |
| CertGetSubjectCertificateFromStore | Gets the subject certificate context, uniquely identified by its issuer and serial number, from the certificate store. |
| CertOpenStore | Opens a certificate store using the specified store provider. |
| CertOpenSystemStore | Opens a system certificate store based on a system name. |
| CertRegisterPhysicalStore | Adds a physical store to a system store collection. |
| CertRegisterSystemStore | Registers a system store. |
| CertRemoveStoreFromCollection | Removes a sibling certificate store from a collection store. |
| CertSaveStore | Saves a certificate store. |
| CertSerializeCertificateStoreElement | Serializes the certificate context's encoded certificate and its properties. |
| CertSetCertificateContextProperty | Sets a property for the specified certificate context. |
| CertSetStoreProperty | Sets a store property. |
| CertUnregisterPhysicalStore | Removes a physical store from a system store collection. |
| CertUnregisterSystemStore | Unregisters a system store. |
| CertVerifySubjectCertificateContext | Performs the enabled verification checks on the subject certificate using the issuer. |