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The CertCloseStore function closes a certificate store handle and reduces the reference count on the store. There needs to be a corresponding call to CertCloseStore for each successful call to the CertOpenStore or CertDuplicateStore functions.

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[DllImport("CRYPT32.DLL", EntryPoint="CertCloseStore", CharSet=CharSet.Auto, SetLastError=true)]
[return : MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
public static extern bool CertCloseStore(IntPtr storeProvider, int flags);

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