serial ports not visible with 1.7 under Vista

Dave Korn dave.korn@artimi.com
Thu May 29 16:48:00 GMT 2008


Giovanni Maruzzelli wrote on 29 May 2008 16:41:

> Thanks a lot Dave!
> 
> Seems that it is looking for a \Device\Serial5

  Ouch.  That's a problem.  Not all serial devices use the same name format.

  Although it's not strictly supported, you might be able to work around it
by using "\\\\.\\com6" instead.


    cheers,
      DaveK
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