How do I get version/revision of CertUtil

Frank Erli 21

I've noticed fciv is no longer available for download. Is this permanent? Assuming so, the alternative seems to be CertUtil. I would like to use CertUtil but need to know the revision/version.

In fciv the revision/version is reported by default when the results of the checksum is displayed. However, CertUtil does not even in verbose mode. I looked at all the verbs available and it is not obvious to me how to display the revision/version.

My question is how do I get the revision/version for CertUtil?

Vadims Podāns 9,126 Reputation points MVP

2021-02-14T15:48:11.69+00:00

certutil by no means is a replacement for FCIV. BTW, what is the purpose of getting certutil version? You can find its version in file properties.
Frank Erli 21 Reputation points

2021-02-14T16:17:38.373+00:00

Thanks for your response.

I realize fciv is limited compared to CertUtil. However, CertUtil can be used to provide the function previously provided by fciv.

Example: CertUtil -hashfile myfile.txt SHA1

In regulated industries it is common to have to validate any utility used to create/verify a product. This usually includes specifying the version/revision that is validated.

You mentioned you can get the revision via file properties. That was valuable information for me. I assume you mean in the details tab of the files properties. Is there a way to get that using Command Line Interface? Either using CertUtil itself or some other utility where the CertUtil.exe file is specified?
Hung-Chun Yu 976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2021-02-14T20:22:06.34+00:00

Hi Frank

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Open Specifications Support. Your question does not appeared related to Microsoft Open Specifications Documentation, I've removed openspecs-windows tag from the post.

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Vadims Podāns 9,126 Reputation points MVP

2021-02-14T16:53:22.063+00:00
you can get executable version using WMIC (command prompt only):

WMIC DATAFILE WHERE name="C:\\windows\\system32\\certutil.exe"
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Frank Erli 21 Reputation points

2021-02-14T18:07:03.377+00:00

I added get Version to the end and got what I was after in a pretty output. Thanks for the help.

C:\Windows> WMIC DATAFILE WHERE name="C:\windows\system32\certutil.exe" get Version
Version
10.0.17763.1697

Hung-Chun Yu 976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2021-02-14T20:22:40.08+00:00

Thank Cryp32 for answering the question 8 )
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