private static X509Certificate2 LoadCertificateFromStore(string location) {
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(location)) {
                throw new ArgumentNullException("location");
            }

            // check for name:location\path style
            var match = _certLocationParser.Match(location);
            if (match.Success) {
                X509Store store = null;
                try {
                    StoreLocation storeLocation;
                    if (!Enum.TryParse(match.Value("location", ""), true, out storeLocation)) {
                        return null;
                    }
                    var storename = match.Value("name", "");
                    var cert = match.Value("cert", "");

                    store = new X509Store(storename, storeLocation);
                    if (store.Certificates.Count > 0) {
                        var certs = new X509Certificate2[store.Certificates.Count];
                        store.Certificates.CopyTo(certs, 0);

                        certs = certs.Where(each => each.HasPrivateKey).ToArray();

                        var matches = certs.Where(each => (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(each.Thumbprint)) && each.Thumbprint.Equals(cert, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase)).ToArray();
                        if (matches.Count() == 1) {
                            return matches.FirstOrDefault();
                        }

                        matches = certs.Where(each => (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(each.SubjectName.Name)) && each.SubjectName.Name.Equals(cert, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase)).ToArray();
                        if (matches.Count() == 1) {
                            return matches.FirstOrDefault();
                        }
                    }
                } finally {
                    if (store != null) {
                        store.Close();
                    }
                }
            }

            return null;
        }