Using CryptExtAddCERMachineOnlyAndHwnd in software has risks:
Thus, Microsoft never officially documented this export; it remains an internal helper for cryptext.dll's own UI. cryptextdll cryptextaddcermachineonlyandhwnd work
Add-Type @"
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
public class CryptExt
[DllImport("cryptext.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
public static extern int CryptExtAddCERMachineOnlyAndHwnd(
IntPtr hwndParent, uint dwFlags, string certFileName);
"@
This export is essentially a wrapper around standard CryptoAPI/Cryptography Next Generation (CNG) functions, but tailored for the Windows certificate manager context: Thus, Microsoft never officially documented this export; it
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