# encoding: ascii
# api: powershell
# title: Search-CertificateStore.
# description: From Windows PowerShell Cookbook (O’Reilly) by Lee Holmes
# version: 4.0
# author: Lee Holmes
# license: CC0
# x-poshcode-id: 6072
# x-archived: 2016-05-24T22:21:54
# x-published: 2016-10-29T15:10:00
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## Search-CertificateStore
##
## From Windows PowerShell Cookbook (O'Reilly)
## by Lee Holmes (http://www.leeholmes.com/guide)
## updated by Jeremy Wieland - For Powershell v4.0
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<#
.SYNOPSIS
Search the certificate provider for certificates that match the specified
Enhanced Key Usage (EKU.)
.EXAMPLE
Search-CertificateStore "Encrypting File System"
#>
param(
## The friendly name of an Enhanced Key Usage
## (such as 'Code Signing')
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
$EkuName
)
$cert = Get-ChildItem cert:\CurrentUser\My
Set-StrictMode -Off
## Go through every certificate in the current user's "My" store
foreach($cert in $cert)
{
## For each of those, go through its extensions
foreach($extension in $cert.Extensions)
{
## For each extension, go through its Enhanced Key Usages
foreach($certEku in $extension.EnhancedKeyUsages)
{
## If the friendly name matches, output that certificate
if($certEku.FriendlyName -eq $EkuName)
{
$cert
}
}
}
}