Avoid USB/Serial adapter port change in Windows enviroment

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2014-07
  • Tobia

    I would like to know if there is some way to "fix" a serial port to common usb/serial adapters. Many times I saw that changing usb port of adapter it takes a new serial port number. It happends also if I plug the adapter after the Windows startup. I tried with Prolific adapters and also many printer-virtual-com software.

    Obiouvsly this is big trouble because I have to setup every time the correct com port.

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  • mkClark

    I have been using USB-to-serial port converters and have not been careful to plug them into -exactly- the same USB port every time. What is the best (and safest) method to clean up the giant mess of COM ports generated by Windows XP when you do this?


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    If you mean a giant mess of COM ports in the Device Manager, then right click -> uninstall.

  • Dennis Williamson

    There are a couple of suggestions here.