(PowerShell) Import a Certificate (.cer file) into a Windows Certificate Store

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$cert = New-Object Chilkat.Cert

$success = $cert.LoadFromFile("qa_data/certs/example.cer")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($cert.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$certStoreCU = New-Object Chilkat.CertStore
$readOnlyFlag = $false

# "CurrentUser" and "My" are the exact keywords to select your user account's certificate store.
$success = $certStoreCU.OpenWindowsStore("CurrentUser","My",$readOnlyFlag)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $("Failed to open the CurrentUser/My certificate store for read/write.")
    exit
}

# Import the certificate into the CurrentUser/My certificate store.
$success = $certStoreCU.AddCertificate($cert)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($certStoreCU.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Imported " + $cert.SubjectCN)
$("Success.")