IDE doesn't show COM port, Device manager shows board

When I have my Arduino micro plugged into my computer, it shows up in the device manager on COM10, but in the IDE the only two selectable COM ports are 3 and 4. I was able to upload once to the board but now I'm not able to. A solid blue light is the only light that is on on the board. I have unplugged everything and reloaded the IDE a few times, still no luck. I am using a USBC hub.

If you (double) tap the reset, does the L LED pulsate? If yes

  1. What is the change in device manager?
  2. Does the IDE see that change as well? You will have to close and open tools -> port to see the change in the IDE.

Which version of the IDE are you using?

What are COM3 and COM4?

Do you have another board like Uno, Nano or Mega?

When I double tap the button, the green LED turns on and pulsates, and the device manager shows that it has gone into bootloader mode. The IDE does not show that change, it does not recognize/show the COM port that the board is connected to. When the board goes into bootloader mode, it switches from COM10 to COM8. I'm using 2.03. COM3 and 4 are both bluetooth COM ports. I don't have another board. Thanks

I'm not sure if this is going to work. Reason for not being sure is that the IDE should have picked up the bootloader port.

  1. Select the Arduino Micro as the target board.
  2. Select one of your bluetooth ports as the target port.
  3. Load the blink sketch in the editor.
  4. Upload the sketch.
  5. When the IDE reports the memory usage, double tap the reset.

If that doesn't work, I don't know a solution; it might be IDE2.0 related. In which case I suggest that you install IDE 1.8.19 (you can have both in parallel) and check if that works.

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