Problems with X509Store Certificates.Find FindByThumbprint

Question

I\'m having a problem when I use the method X509Store.Certificates.Find

public static X509Certificate2 FromStore(StoreName storeName, 
                  


        

Answer 1

Here is the simple version of code for the above suggestions- ofcourse which is worked for me

 private X509Certificate2 GetCertificate()
    {
        var certStore = new X509Store("my");
        certStore.Open(OpenFlags.ReadOnly);
        try
        {
            const string thumbprint = "18 33 fe 3a 67 d1 9e 0d f6 1e e5 d5 58 aa 8a 97 8c c4 d8 c3";
            var certCollection = certStore.Certificates.Find(X509FindType.FindByThumbprint,
            Regex.Replace(thumbprint, @"\s+", "").ToUpper(), false);
            if (certCollection.Count > 0)
                return certCollection[0];
        }
        finally
        {
            certStore.Close();
        }
        return null;
    }

Answer 2

This code should work.

I suppose you have copied this thumbprint from the certificate management console. And that copied value contains unicode non-readable symbol which is invisible in Visual Studio. Try to delete the first invisible symbol and if this is what I think of, this should work.