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Pizmo wrote:

According to the cute mouse instructions command /s [c] is how your change com ports, but again I am dumb and do not understand what that means. Can someone explain this to me like you were explaining it to a small child so that i can understand it

I would assume it translates to the command for COM3 as:
[code]CTMOUSE.EXE /s3[/code]
You can add the irq to the end, without a space, if it doesn't work OR have it scan for serial before PS/2 using the /V switch instead
[code]CTMOUSE.EXE /V[/code]

Moved.

I would assume it translates to the command for COM3 as:

Actually, it would translate to:

CTMOUSE.EXE /S C3

derSammler wrote:

I would assume it translates to the command for COM3 as:

Actually, it would translate to:

CTMOUSE.EXE /S C3

That's probably what I originally wrote but then I tried it out. I don't have a serial mouse to test but the error changed to something like 'device not found' when using the syntax I later edited; rather than complain about the switch not being valid.