How to check expiry date of pfx file?

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How should I check the expiry date of pfx file? Can this be done in Visual Studio?

A pfx file does not expire, only the certificate(s) it contains. Therefore it may happen that an pfx file contains both a valid and an outdated certificate. — Robert, Nov 19 '14 at 18:26

score 81 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:04

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As explained here, you can review the information of the certificate before import it using:

certutil -dump YourCertificate.pfx

If you want to run this from Visual Studio you can do this:

Go to Tools > External Tools > Add
Set the required info: Name=CertUtil Command=C:\Windows\System32\certutil.exe Arguments=-p YourPass -dump $(ItemPath). Check Use output window.

With this you can execute the command for the selected file in Visual Studio.

edited Mar 20 '17 at 10:04

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answered Nov 19 '14 at 18:23

Rolo

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