Where makecert.exe stores the digital certificate

Question

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

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

However, when I switch to MMC and try to import the certificate into trusted root certification authorities, I don’t know where to find the .cer file.

Where does makecert.exe save the generated certificates?

Answer 1

Step 1, Point 1

Open a Visual Studio command prompt and navigate to the place where you want to save the certificate files

Isn't that the place you went after opening the Visual Studio command prompt?

Answer 2

If you did what I did and just left the command line in c: \ windows \ system32 (using the x64 Cross Tools command line), you will be surprised that the file is not in the c: \ windows \ system32 directory (as shown making simple dir * .cer).

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