How to create passowrd protective file

 

 

 

Double click on the pfx file.

 

 

Click Next button.

 

Click Next Button after giving the password of pfx file (Blank if No Password) and checking “Mark the private key as exportable”.

 

Click Next Button

 

Click Next button

 

Click Finish button

 

Click OK button

 

Go to Internet explorer > Tools > Internet Options > Content tab > Certificates button as given below

After clicking Certificates button, the following window will appear where the user has to select the Certificate. Click Export button to proceed.

After clicking the Export button, the following Wizard will popup and proceed by clicking Next button.

Subscriber is requested to read the instructions given in the below wizard   Subscriber has to choose the “Yes, export the private key” option for its safe storage in the local disk or other media and proceed further by clicking Next button.

In the below wizard it asks for different options. “Enable strong protection” will be checked by default.  We suggest you to keep it as default and after getting the same certificate with a new password the same can be deleted from the browser after confirmation of the successful download.

 

 

Check the ‘Include all certificates in the certification path if possible.’ Option.

By clicking next the following window will be displayed.

 

 

Provide the new password and confirm it to enable strong protection to your key pair.

 

Note:  Blank passwords are also accepted. It is suggested to give password of reasonable length.

 

After giving the new password press the Next button. The following Wizard will popup asking for the path to store the Certificate.  User can select the path where the Certificate has to be stored. (To change only password, select the original file. To make a copy of Certificate select other file name.)

 

 

After storing the Certificate in path specified, click Next button.  Click Finish button.

 

 

After clicking the Finish button in the above window, the following window will popup. Click OK.

 

 

The export successful message will be displayed.

 

 

The Save file is a Password protected File.

 

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