How to extract a Certificate and a Private Key Files from a *.pfx file

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To extract separate Certificate and Private key files from the *.pfx file follow the procedure below:

1. Download and extract the Win32 OpenSSL package to C:\ directory.

2. Open a command prompt, and move to the OpenSSL-Win32\bin directory, using:

   cd C:\OpenSSL\bin  
   

3. Execute the following command to export Private Key file:

   openssl pkcs12 -in [yourfile.pfx] -nocerts -out [keyfile-encrypted.key]
   

4. Then remove the passphrase from the Private Key

   openssl rsa -in [keyfile-encrypted.key] -out [keyfile-decrypted.key] 
   

5. Export certificate file:

   openssl pkcs12 -in [yourfile.pfx] -clcerts -nokeys -out [certificate.crt]