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The attached file is for info in case you were not familiar with this little trick... I had never heard it before... Ken I have a Delorme Blue Logger. (Blue Tooth device) I have installed and uninstalled it so many times that the COM port is now up to 31! How do I get rid of all those unused ports, and get the COM port down to a resonable number again? I have even used Regedit to remove all of them, but the number just keeps climbing. tnx Here is a little trick that may help... In SYSTEM PROPERTIES, click on the ADVANCE TAB then click on the ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES BUTTON (at bottom). Under SYSTEM VARIABLES, click NEW - then enter the below: name = DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES value = 1 I can't remember if a reboot is necessary - can't hurt?? What this does is show all devices, including old ones in device manager. NOW, GO INTO DEVICE MANAGER.Under VIEW select SHOW HIDDEN DEVICES. Now, uninstall all of those pesky old com ports. The port numbers are now back to single digit numbers, plus I was able to fix a lot of other tings. Thanks for the help! tnx |
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