What is the best way to scan for COM ports in C#?

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Published on 2010-03-30T20:52:38Z Indexed on 2010/03/30 20:53 UTC
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Does C# provide an effective means of scanning the available COM ports? I would like to have a dropdown list in my application wherein the user can select one of the detected COM ports. Creating and populating the dropdown list is not a problem. I just need to know how to scan for the available COM ports using C#. I am using Microsoft Visual C# 2008 Express Edition. Thanks.

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