Windows 10 can't open device "\\.\COM1"

hrh212 · August 23, 2015, 10:31pm

I am using Windows 10, an Arduino Uno and COM port is COM3. When uploading the Blink sketch the error message " can't open device "\.\COM1" " pops up. I don't understand why Arduino says cam't open COM1. The Tools menu and the Device Manager both say the Arduino Uno is connected to COM3. This problem occurs with both the 1.6.5 and !.7.6 versions of the IDE.

I can't use Device Manager to change the COM port from 3 to 1 as Windows 10 says COM Port 1 is being used. This "can't open device "\.\COM1" " problem appears to be a Windows 10 problem. No COM port problems occur when using Windows 7.

liuzengqiang · August 24, 2015, 2:26am

I am using win 10. I didn't encounter this problem. What arduino UNO version do you have? I'll try R2 later to see if it reports similar error. I've used mega 2560 and ftdi based arduinos on win 10 without any problems. What about deleting the com port 3 and reinstalling?

hrh212 · August 24, 2015, 6:05pm

I get the same error message when using a Uno R3 with COM port 3 and a Uno R2 with COM port 4. Your comment makes e suspect it is a driver problem. latter today I will try using a Leonardo.

Thank you for your reply hrh1919

DrAzzy · August 24, 2015, 6:44pm

Not encountering this issue on either of my Win10 machines.

Turn on Verbose Upload in preferences, and post the output.

You should be using 1.6.x; that's the latest version of the real IDE. The 1.7.x are the IDE versions from the renegade arduino people.

hrh212 · August 24, 2015, 9:12pm

With both the Arduino Leonardo and the Arduino YUN I can successfully upload and run a sketch if I press the Reset button after initiating the upload. If I don't press the Reset button the IDE says "Couldn't find a Board on the selected port".

With a MEGA the IDE says :Problem uploading to board. See http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/Troubleshooting#upload for suggestions.

Verbose output when uploading

C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/bin/avrdude -CC:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/etc/avrdude.conf -v -patmega328p -carduino -PCOM3 -b115200 -D -Uflash:w:C:\Users\Howard\AppData\Local\Temp \build2820958707507617326.tmp/sketch_aug24a.cpp.hex:i

System wide configuration file is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware\tools\avr/etc/avrdude.conf"

Using Port : COM3 Using Programmer : arduino Overriding Baud Rate : 115200 AVR Part : ATmega328P Chip Erase delay : 9000 us PAGEL : PD7 BS2 : PC2 RESET disposition : dedicated RETRY pulse : SCK serial program mode : yes parallel program mode : yes Timeout : 200 StabDelay : 100 CmdexeDelay : 25 SyncLoops : 32 ByteDelay : 0 PollIndex : 3 PollValue : 0x53 Memory Detail :

Block Poll Page Polled Memory Type Mode Delay Size Indx Paged Size Size #Pages MinW MaxW ReadBack

eeprom 65 20 4 0 no 1024 4 0 3600 3600 0xff 0xff flash 65 6 128 0 yes 32768 128 256 4500 4500 0xff 0xff lfuse 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 4500 4500 0x00 0x00 hfuse 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 4500 4500 0x00 0x00 efuse 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 4500 4500 0x00 0x00 lock 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 4500 4500 0x00 0x00 calibration 0 0 0 0 no 1 0 0 0 0 0x00 0x00 signature 0 0 0 0 no 3 0 0 0 0 0x00 0x00

Programmer Type : Arduino Description : Arduino Hardware Version: 3 Firmware Version: 4.4 Vtarget : 0.3 V Varef : 0.3 V Oscillator : 28.800 kHz SCK period : 3.3 us

avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e950f avrdude: reading input file "C:\Users\Howard\AppData\Local\Temp \build2820958707507617326.tmp/sketch_aug24a.cpp.hex" avrdude: writing flash (450 bytes):

Writing | ################################################## | 100% 0.08s

avrdude: 450 bytes of flash written avrdude: verifying flash memory against C:\Users\Howard\AppData\Local\Temp\build2820958707507617326.tmp/sketch_aug24a.cpp.hex: avrdude: load data flash data from input file C:\Users\Howard\AppData\Local\Temp\build2820958707507617326.tmp/sketch_aug24a.cpp.hex: avrdude: input file C:\Users\Howard\AppData\Local\Temp \build2820958707507617326.tmp/sketch_aug24a.cpp.hex contains 450 bytes avrdude: reading on-chip flash data:

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.07s

avrdude: verifying ... avrdude: 450 bytes of flash verified

avrdude done. Thank you.

But when using the Verbose output format the IDE says "Done Uploading" , The Verbose message was printed in Red and the there is no blinking LED.

Yes I am using 1.6.5 and the Blink sketch.

hrh1919

hrh212 · August 26, 2015, 3:32am

Following the advice given above I uninstalled the driver and Arduino version 1.6.5. Reinstalling Arduino version 1.6.5 fixed the problem. No error messages when uploading and Blink is blinking.

hrh1919

liuzengqiang · August 26, 2015, 5:35am

hrh1919: Following the advice given above I uninstalled the driver and Arduino version 1.6.5. Reinstalling Arduino version 1.6.5 fixed the problem. No error messages when uploading and Blink is blinking.

hrh1919

Do you mean you uninstalled arduino.org IDE 1.7 and installed Arduino.cc IDE 1.6.5? We might see more problems like this so I wanted to make sure we have a viable solution to it. Thanks for reporting back.

hrh212 · August 26, 2015, 9:09pm

The first installation was version 1.6.5 and it produced the "can't open device "\.\COM1" error message. After that I switched several times between versions 1.6.5 and 1.7.6. Each time I switched versions the new version would uninstall the prior version. It appears that uninstalling and installing does not replace the prior driver. Only with the last uninstall install cycle did I uninstall the driver prior to running a uninstall install cycle Hence for me the magic bullet was first uninstall the driver.

hrh1919

robin1982 · September 1, 2015, 9:04pm

I'm running windows 10 and can't get the ide to load. Keeps telling me the bundled java runtime environment is not installed or is corupt.

liuzengqiang · September 2, 2015, 12:39am

robin1982: I'm running windows 10 and can't get the ide to load. Keeps telling me the bundled java runtime environment is not installed or is corupt.

You have a different problem. Start a new thread.

gedarius · December 5, 2015, 12:03am

I solved this problem running the IDE as Administrator.... worked for me

Muskateer · February 10, 2016, 2:07am

I think this is an old thread. But, I had the same problem with Windows 10 today. The problem for me was that I didn't set the IDE to the proper board. I have a 2560 Mega board, the default was set to a different development board. You have to go under Tools and select the board (this is separate from selecting the port0.

SenBySen · December 25, 2016, 5:51pm

:) great help for us to get started. Christmas present works now.