To manage certificates for your user account

Click Start, click Run, type mmc, and then click OK.

On the File menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in, and then click Add.

Under Snap-in, double-click Certificates, and then:

•	If you are logged on as an administrator, click My user account, and then click Finish.
•	If you are logged on as a user, Certificates automatically loads.

Click Close.

Certificates - Current User appears on the list of selected snap-ins for the new console.

If you have no more snap-ins to add to the console, click OK.

To save this console, on the File menu, click Save.

Note

•	To switch between managing certificates for your user account, a computer, or a service, you must have separate instances of Certificates added into the console.
•	For additional help with creating and using MMC consoles, on the Help menu, click Help Topics.

•	Manage certificates for a service
•	Manage certificates for a computer
•	Starting the Certificates snap-in

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