my arduino UNO is not being detected

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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I'm new to arduino & I'm using windows 7 in my laptop. when i try to upload a program to my arduino UNO it is displaying an error message like this,
Binary sketch size: 1,084 bytes (of a 32,256 byte maximum)
processing.app.SerialNotFoundException: Serial port 'COM1' not found. Did you select the right one from the Tools > Serial Port menu?
at processing.app.Serial.(Serial.java:191)
at processing.app.Serial.(Serial.java:77)
at processing.app.debug.Uploader.flushSerialBuffer(Uploader.java:77)
at processing.app.debug.AvrdudeUploader.uploadViaBootloader(AvrdudeUploader.java:172)
at processing.app.debug.AvrdudeUploader.uploadUsingPreferences(AvrdudeUploader.java:67)
at processing.app.Sketch.upload(Sketch.java:1706)
at processing.app.Sketch.exportApplet(Sketch.java:1662)
at processing.app.Sketch.exportApplet(Sketch.java:1634)
at processing.app.Editor$DefaultExportHandler.run(Editor.java:2346)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619).
But serial port option is not being highlightend under tools option. so please help me to overcome this problem.

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Have you installed the drivers?

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Press the start icon
Search device manager
install the drivers

Ps. Make sure you select the highest com port when you are done installing drivers :slight_smile: