reboot. ( Windows will place a "test Mode" note on the bottom right of the desktop )
James
Suggestions:
1 The instructions for running bcdedit in the README could be improved.
2. Could the setup GUI not test to see if it is running 64 bit Windows 7. If it is, and when it attempts to create a port pair and it does not appear in the register HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\HARDWARE\\DEVICEMAP\\SERIALCOMM could it not pop up a friendly description of the problem and the liikely solution?
James
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I have installed, apparently successfully v2.2.2.0 on a 64bit Windows 7 machine.
I run the command, like this:
Then I try to open COM8 like this
This fails with
Not that the exact same call to CreateFileA works perfectly on a 'real' COM port.
Can someone tell me what the problem is?
James
On windows 7 64 bit you have to enable testing of unsigned drivers.
Run a command prompt as administrator. ( It is not enough just to run from an account with admin privileges. See here ( http://www.softwx.com/weather/virtualvp/VirtualSerialPorts64bitHelp.pdf ) for details of how to do this. )
Type in the command bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING ON
reboot. ( Windows will place a "test Mode" note on the bottom right of the desktop )
James
Suggestions:
1 The instructions for running bcdedit in the README could be improved.
2. Could the setup GUI not test to see if it is running 64 bit Windows 7. If it is, and when it attempts to create a port pair and it does not appear in the register HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\HARDWARE\\DEVICEMAP\\SERIALCOMM could it not pop up a friendly description of the problem and the liikely solution?
James
… or use signed driver com0com-2.2.2.0-x64-fre-signed.zip