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Hi all,
Hoping someone can help me as I am puzzled.
I currently am building a Sub-CA , I received the signed cert from the Offline root, installed it on the Sub CA and verified it can talk to the keys on the HSM. This all checks out.
However when I go to start ADCS via the Certification Authority Snap in - I get the following message - "The System cannot find the file specified. 0x2 (WIN32: 2 ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)" " The policy module for the CA is missing or incorrectly registered. To view or change the policy module settings, right-click on the CA, click Properties, and then click the Policy Module tab"
I do as the above asks me and it shows the Standard Windows 10 policy module loaded.
I then check the event viewer, and notice this message everytime I try start ADCS I see the following message
"<CA NAME>
The system cannot find the file specified. 0x80070002 (WIN32: Error_File_Not_Found)
The handle is invalid"
Can someone please help me with this as I am stuck.
What is registered in event log?
Event Log states
The system cannot find the file specified. 0x80070002 (WIN32: Error_File_Not_Found)
But the Cert is in the computer trust store and in the Cert Srv folder
On top of that. certutil -urlfetch -verify states it's a successful leaf cert
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In my case, with Windows Server 2022, it was because I was using a language pack with a display language in French. Going back to English solved the problem.
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Hi,
It seems like a permission issue.
I invite you to read this link ee126140(v=ws.10) to check if all required permissions are well configured
please don't forget to mark this reply as answer if it help you to fix your issue
@Vadims Podāns Any idea?
How can I verify where exactly the CA is looking for that file?
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Hi,
I am glad to hear that your issue was successfully resolved\I am pleased to know that the information is helpful to you. If there is anything else we can do for you, please feel free to post in the forum.
Best Regards,
Vicky