Hi Thomas, Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums. We understand your concern. However, serial bus controller in Device Manager contains USB devices and USB port numbers and it seems COM Ports devices might be hidden, so please follow the steps mentioned below and check if you can see the Com Ports. More @Wikipedia
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