winhttpcertcfg giving access to IIS user in Windows 7

Question

I need to give access to the IIS user to a pfx certificate. The website is running under the App Pool under some user AppPoolUser. IIS automatically has the user name \"IIS

Answer 1

If you still want to continue using wihHttpCertCfg, then use the below command:

winhttpcertcfg.exe -i <filename> -c <certificateLocation> -a "ComputerName\IIS APPPOOL\AppPoolName"

I had same issue and I resolved it by above command today.