How to locate the private key of a certificate in Windows

Question

I want to locate the private key of a certificate in the current user certificate store in Windows. Does anyone know where the private key is saved?

Answer 1

This article describes where private keys are stored on a filesystem: Key Storage and Retrieval

To determine exact file name, run the following command in the Command Prompt:

certutil -user -store my "<SerialNumber>"

where <SerialNumber> is the serial number of the target certificate. If certificate contains private key, there will be Unique Container Name field which contains file name.