>If I go to: " >Options ~> Programmer Options ~> Communications Port Setup" I
>can only select COM 1 or COM 2. Both of these ports are kinda busy on my PC
>and so I was wondering if there is a clever way to change the mplab.ini file
>to make COM 3 or COM 4 available?

If Com3 and/or Com4 are available in windows, i think you will find they will
become available in this menu. You may need to configure the ports in Windows
itself.

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