Update multiple Certificate friendly names using powershell

Question

Hello,

I am fairly new to PowerShell and I am currently updating a large list of Certificate Friendly names remotely using PowerShell.

I have done the below script which works fine if there is one certificate but it fails if there is multiple certificates in the store as I need to add a Loop into the script. When I am trying to add a loop in it doesn't seem to be working. Could someone help or point me in the right direction please?

"
Get-ChildItem -Path Cert:\LocalMachine\My
$CertStore = "Cert:\LocalMachine\My\"
$FriendlyName = 'Examplename'
$cert = Get-ChildItem $CertStore
$cert.FriendlyName = $FriendlyName
"

Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

Hi,

You can use the ForEach-Object cmdlet for looping.

$CertStore = "Cert:\LocalMachine\My\"  
$FriendlyName = 'Examplename'  
Get-ChildItem $CertStore | ForEach-Object {  
    $_.FriendlyName = $FriendlyName  
}  

Best Regards,
Ian Xue

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