CertViewer

Package: WA2L/WinTools 1.2.09
Section: General Commands (1)
Updated: 14 April 2026
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NAME

CertViewer - Certificate Viewer

SYNOPSIS

WA2LWinTools/bin/CertViewer [ -h | -i | -u | -V ]

CertViewer [ cert.pem ]

AVAILABILITY

WA2L/WinTools

DESCRIPTION

A simple X.509 certificate viewer for Microsoft Windows™.

In order to display an X.509 certificate, simply drop a certificate file onto the CertViewer window.

Alternatively, you can copy a certificate to the clipboard, CertViewer continuously monitors the clipboard for "displayable" certificates.

Last, but not least, it is possible to pass certificates to CertViewer via the command-line.

CertViewer currently supports certificates in the binary (DER) and the Base64-encoded (PEM) format, as well as key-stores in the PKCS #12 (PFX) and the JKS (Java KeyStore) format, including password-protected files.

OPTIONS

-h

usage message.

-i

install the CertViewer command as icon 'Certificate Viewer' to the 'Desktop'.

-u

uninstall the CertViewer shortcut from the 'Desktop'.

-V

print program version.

ENVIRONMENT

EXIT STATUS

0

always.

FILES

etc/CertViewer.cfg

configuration file for CertViewer.

EXAMPLES

NOTES

This man page is a partial extract of https://github.com/dEajL3kA/certviewer/.

BUGS

AUTHOR

CertViewer was developed by Eric Rothstein <Cumpoing79@web.de> and integrated into WA2L/WinTools by Christian Walther. Send suggestions and bug reports regarding the integration to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .

COPYRIGHT

This is free software; see WA2LWinTools/man/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

This document was created by man2html, using the manual pages.
Time: 18:55:20 GMT, April 15, 2026