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Re: Naming the serial com port Com1,Com2,...Com4, \\.\Com5, \\.\Com6,..

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From: Per Laursen
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 16:01
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> COM1-COM9 can be opened without \\.\
> COM10 and above must be opened with \\.\
> All can be opened with \\.\

I have experienced that COM1-9 can NOT be opened with \\.\,
Otherwise the above is identical to my experience.
/Per
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