Arduino Due: "Tools>Port" Greyed Out; Cannot Select COM Port

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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Hi,

I just purchased the Arduino Due R3 board. I am running IDE version 1.8.0. I used the Boards Manager to install the Arduino SAM Boards (32-bits ARM Cortex-M3) so that the Arduino Due (Programming Port) shows up in the Tools>Board selection. On the bottom right-hand corner of the IDE it says: Arduino Due (Programming Port) on COM 5. However, on the Tools menu, the Port menu option is greyed out so that I cannot select any COM port. When I look in the Windows Device Manager, I don't see anything related to COM ports.

Anybody else have this problem? Any suggested solutions?

Thanks!

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Hi spycatcher2k,

In my effort to try to get things working, I installed the 'Arduino.inf'.

Thanks!

Larry