Port select grey out bug

Development Tools IDE 2.x
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port select grey out bug on windows is still there. will bug fixing PLEASE be more important than adding stupid features? Went back to the old 1.X and everything works.
I really hate how just crappy the 2.x IDE continues to have major problems that the devs refuse to fix.

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Hi @timgray. I'm not sure what you mean by "port select grey out bug". Please provide a detailed description of what you mean by this in a reply on this forum topic, including:

  • What did you do?
  • What were the results you expected from doing that thing?
  • What were the results you observed that did not match your expectations?

Make sure to include the full and exact text of any error or warning messages you might have encountered.

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  • What did you do? -- I installed the IDE and then selected aboard to program Blink to, plugged it in and went to select the port.
  • What were the results you expected from doing that thing? to be able to select a port to upload to
  • What were the results you observed that did not match your expectations? impossible to select any ports at all making it impossible to upload to any board plugged into the windows computer.

Go back to the 1.X IDE and it works perfectly like it has always done.

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Please add a forum reply here to tell us which operating system you are using (e.g., "Windows")?

I ask because I would like to give you the appropriate instructions for your operating system.

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Windows 11 Pro

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Which boards do you have? What version of IDE 2 were the first you tried?

Sorry, I meant to ask @timgray

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I have tried several uno's, a pile of rando china clones and esp32 boards. All of which work perfectly under 1.x

I have tried several versions before and always just give up and go back to 1.x Starting way back in 2.0.3 when I was not impressed with the connection issues and bailed on it. I give 2 a try every year or so and run away. Note this is across about 5 different computers as this computer is a brand new build ryzen 9, previous was an intel i9, then an older i7, on windows 10 for the oldest. Wait there is a couple of i5's in there as well. but 1.x has worked perfectly on all of them so it's not the hardware.

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Oh boy, I wonder why you have experienced all this trouble. I don't use Windows (nowadays 11) much, but the little I been using it and IDE 2, it have worked fine. Well, @ptillisch is our man when it comes to solve this type of problems, I'll follow this thread to see what you guys come up with.

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I'm going to ask you to provide some additional information that might help us to identify the problem.

:red_exclamation_mark: This procedure is not intended to solve the problem. The purpose is to gather more information.

Please do this:

  1. Select File > Quit from the Arduino IDE menus if it is running.
    All Arduino IDE windows will close.
  2. Start Windows "File Explorer".
  3. Open the Arduino IDE installation folder.
    ⓘ The default installation location is at one of the following paths: 
    • C:\Program Files\Arduino IDE

    • C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Programs\Arduino IDE
      (where <username> is your Windows username)
      :red_exclamation_mark: If looking for it with your file manager or command line, note that the AppData folder is hidden by default. On Windows "File Explorer", you can make it visible by opening the "View" menu, then checking the box next to "☐ Hidden items".
  4. In the folder listing of the Arduino IDE installation folder, hold the Shift key while clicking the right hand button on the mouse.
    A context menu will open.
  5. Select "Open PowerShell window here" from the menu.
    Windows PowerShell will now open with the current directory set to the Arduino IDE installation folder.
  6. Type the following command:
    & ".\Arduino IDE"
  7. Press the Enter key.
    Debug output should now be printed to the PowerShell window as Arduino IDE starts.
  8. Wait for Arduino IDE to finish starting.
  9. Connect the Arduino board to your computer.
  10. Verify that it it still impossible to select any ports.
  11. Switch back to the PowerShell window.
  12. Press the Ctrl+Shift+A keyboard shortcut.
    This will select all the text in the PowerShell window.
  13. Press the Ctrl+C keyboard shortcut.
    This will copy the contents of the PowerShell window to the clipboard.
  14. Open a forum reply here by clicking the "Reply" button.
  15. Click the <CODE/> icon on the post composer toolbar.
    This will add the forum's code block markup (```) to your reply to make sure the error messages are correctly formatted.
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  16. Press the Ctrl+V keyboard shortcut.
    This will paste the output into the code block.
  17. Move the cursor outside of the code block markup before you add any additional text to your reply.
  18. Click the "Reply" button to post the output.

Please let me know if you have any questions or problems while following those instructions.