Microsoft KB Archive/320662

= Cannot Open Certificate Store When DN Contains Special Characters =

Article ID: 320662

Article Last Modified on 2/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

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This article was previously published under Q320662



SYMPTOMS
When you use the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in to try to view a user's published certificates and the user's DN contains a special character (such as '#' or '?'), the operation may not work, and you may receive the following error message:

The certificate store cannot be opened. Published certificates will not be displayed.



RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, do not use a special character (such as '#' or '?') to name organizational units and users if you need to use the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in to view a user's published certificates.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Keywords: kbbug kbenv kberrmsg kbui KB320662

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