Take a look at this post:
By creating a PortExclude.txt file in the prefs folder you should be able to exclude the problem COM ports. That might prevent them from being referenced but not sure which of these activities takes precedence.
Take a look at this post:
By creating a PortExclude.txt file in the prefs folder you should be able to exclude the problem COM ports. That might prevent them from being referenced but not sure which of these activities takes precedence.