If you’d like to examine and view the details of a certificate file without the need to import it into your certificate store, here is a simple example:
# replace path with actual path to CER file $Path = 'C:\Path\To\CertificateFile\test.cer' Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Security [Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2]$cert = [Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2]::CreateFromCertFile($Path) $cert | Select-Object -Property *
You can now access all details and retrieve thumbprint or check expiration date:
PS C:\> $cert.Thumbprint 7A5A350D95247BB173CDF0867ADA2DBFFCCABDE6 PS C:\> $cert.NotAfter Monday June 12 2017 06:00:00
