Test.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace RootCert
{
    public class Class1
    {
        public void InstallRootCert()
        {
            string file = "mytest.pfx"; // Contains name of certificate file
            X509Store store = new X509Store(StoreName.Root);
            store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadWrite);
            // BAD: adding a certificate to the Root store
            store.Add(new X509Certificate2(X509Certificate2.CreateFromCertFile(file)));
            store.Close();
        }

        public void InstallRootCert2()
        {
            string file = "mytest.pfx"; // Contains name of certificate file
            X509Store store = new X509Store(StoreName.Root, StoreLocation.CurrentUser);
            store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadWrite);
            // BAD: adding a certificate to the Root store
            store.Add(new X509Certificate2(X509Certificate2.CreateFromCertFile(file)));
            store.Close();
        }

        public void InstallUserCert()
        {
            string file = "mytest.pfx"; // Contains name of certificate file
            X509Store store = new X509Store(StoreName.My);
            store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadWrite);
            // GOOD: adding a certificate to My store
            store.Add(new X509Certificate2(X509Certificate2.CreateFromCertFile(file)));
            store.Close();
        }

        public void RemoveUserCert()
        {
            string file = "mytest.pfx"; // Contains name of certificate file
            X509Store store = new X509Store(StoreName.My);
            store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadWrite);
            // GOOD: removing a certificate from My store
            store.Remove(new X509Certificate2(X509Certificate2.CreateFromCertFile(file)));
            store.Close();
        }

        public void RemoveRootCert()
        {
            string file = "mytest.pfx"; // Contains name of certificate file
            X509Store store = new X509Store(StoreName.Root);
            store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadWrite);
            // GOOD: removing a certificate from Root store
            store.Remove(new X509Certificate2(X509Certificate2.CreateFromCertFile(file)));
            store.Close();
        }

        public void InstallRootCertRange()
        {
            string file1 = "mytest1.pfx"; // Contains name of certificate file
            string file2 = "mytest2.pfx"; // Contains name of certificate file
            var certCollection = new X509Certificate2[] {
                new X509Certificate2(X509Certificate2.CreateFromCertFile(file1)),
                new X509Certificate2(X509Certificate2.CreateFromCertFile(file2)),
            };
            X509Store store = new X509Store(StoreName.Root, StoreLocation.CurrentUser);
            store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadWrite);
            // BAD: adding multiple certificates to the Root store
            store.AddRange(new X509Certificate2Collection(certCollection));
            store.Close();
        }
    }
}