Powershell Script get-pfxcertificate skip password

Question

Today i was trying to search a method for "skip" the password when it is requested. Is there a way for do this or for do similar things, like put automatically a random password when requested?

Get-PfxCertificate "c:\path\file"

Thumbprint                                Subject
----------                                -------
****************************************  CN=****************
****************************************  CN=****************
Password: (example: random)

(I know that if you put a random password I will get an error but I do not care.)

[Here is a similar question answered](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6239647/using-powershell-credentials-without-being-prompted-for-a-password) — KSingh, Jan 10 '18 at 21:15

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 10 '18 at 23:37

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You could attempt to load the certificate file without providing a password and suppress any exceptions thrown:

foreach($PfxFile in Get-ChildItem C:\Path\to\cert\files -Filter *.pfx) {
  try {
    [System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2]::CreateFromCertFile($PfxFile.FullName)
  }
  catch {
    continue
  }
}

answered Jan 10 '18 at 23:37

Mathias R. Jessen

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I am, frankly, amazed that this cmdlet exists with this behavior. No `-Credential` parameter? No way to skip prompting? It probably halts a `-NonInteractive` invocation too. Yikes. – briantist Jan 16 '18 at 15:59
@briantist Yeah, it seems a pretty lazy implementation – Mathias R. Jessen Jan 16 '18 at 16:23

Powershell Script get-pfxcertificate skip password

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