PowerShell PKI Module Documentation

Show-Certificate

Synopsis

Displays an X509Certificate2 object in a familiar GUI window.

Syntax

Show-Certificate [-Certificate] <X509Certificate2[]> [-Multipick] [<CommonParameters>]

Description

Displays an X509Certificate2 object in a familiar GUI window.

Parameters

-Certificate <X509Certificate2[]>

Specifies an X509Certificate2 object to display.

Required?	True
Position?	0
Default value
Accept pipeline input?	true (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters?	False

-Multipick <SwitchParameter>

Specifies whether to show single or multi certificate selection UI. Otherwise you will be able to select only one certificate from a certificate list.

Required?	False
Position?	named
Default value
Accept pipeline input?	false
Accept wildcard characters?	False

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, InformationAction, InformationVariable,
WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable and OutVariable.
For more information, see about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).

Inputs

System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2[]

Outputs

None.

Notes

Examples

Example 1

PS C:\> Get-ADKRACertificate | Show-Certificate -Multipick

Displays certificate selection UI that allows you to select one or more certificates.

Example 2

PS C:\> dir cert:\currentuser\my | Show-Certificate

Displays certificate selection UI that allows you to select only one certificate.

Minimum PowerShell version support

Windows PowerShell 3.0

Operating System Support

Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 8.1
Windows 10
Windows 11
Windows Server 2008 R2 all editions
Windows Server 2012 all editions
Windows Server 2012 R2 all editions
Windows Server 2016 all editions
Windows Server 2019 all editions
Windows Server 2022 all editions