Virtual Com ports never get reused after UN-installing of software that use

I have install and uninstall the bluetooth drivers (Microsoft, broadcom and bluesoliel) in order to obtain different devices to work. When I started this exercise, used by bluetooth comm ports were low numbers (com 4 and 5 for example). If I uninstall the bluetooth drivers, then reinstall the or some other driver, the com port numbers used become com 6 and com 7).  Old ports com can never get reused and there seems to be any place where I can find them (and I hope that free them from their State of limbo).

Now that I've got things nearby work properly, I get to com 25.

This also happens with the bluetooth drivers not as my GPS through a series of USB converter. or my palm for synchronization software.

That is to say the problem is not just with bluetooth. It's with any program that uses a serial port.

I'm afraid I might run out of com ports, and perhaps these unused com ports consume resources (are they built during startup?)     Hmmmm... Looks like I ran out of space... Al

Hi again
Well, I made a variation on your theme
1 turned on or plugged in devices that could use a virtual serial port - 3 of them
com 26 2 with one of them, I have attributed it to 25, then 24, etc. all the way up to 3 comm
That unlocks (disabled the use in indication) for all of the unused ports.

reassigned the 2 remaining ports to com 4 and 5

Thanks for the help
Al

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