Thank you dxd00d
I moved the port to com 7 from 1 and now I can upload without error..BUT I still have some other problem as all the LEDs in the project Lite and flicker rather than show a selected display that changes every half second or so..
That brings up another question: when a library is needed in a sketch, do you have to import the library first or does the IDE do it automatically..
Thanks again,
jolphil