Store certificates

Last published : Oct 12, 2026
Follow this procedure to save personal certificates that have been imported into the certificate store during a session. By default, certificates are automatically synchronized.
  1. Add the path Application Data\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\My to the setting Directories to synchronize. The operating system language determines the Application Data folder in this location. If a policy is used to configure multi-language systems, add each language's location to the list.
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Example

On an English system, the path is Application Data\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\My. On a German system, it is Anwendungsdaten\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\My.
For your changes to take effect, run the gpupdate /force command from the command prompt as documented at <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/gpupdate>.