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

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Chilkat Ruby Downloads install from rubygems.org gem install chilkat or download... Ruby Library for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Alpine Linux

require 'chilkat'

cert = Chilkat::CkCert.new()

success = cert.LoadFromFile("qa_data/certs/example.cer")
if (success == false)
    print cert.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

certStoreCU = Chilkat::CkCertStore.new()
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 == false)
    print "Failed to open the CurrentUser/My certificate store for read/write." + "\n";
    exit
end

# Import the certificate into the CurrentUser/My certificate store.
success = certStoreCU.AddCertificate(cert)
if (success == false)
    print certStoreCU.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print "Imported " + cert.subjectCN() + "\n";
print "Success." + "\n";