the com port shows up in tools/serial port and I have changed the port speed to 9600 (I have a older arduino board) and also changed the port speed in the preferences file since Im using the 0003 software with an older board. (built by myself at a k3 course this autum)
the error messge I get is [VP 1] Device is not responding correctly.
the com port shows up in the device manager if thats what u mean
I have also tried the trick with double clicking the export button in arduino software that I saw in this forum but that didnt help either.