Quote: Originally Posted by
god_of_cpu 
Run with teh command line parameter -resetconfig and it will reset all the settings to the defaults.
That didn't do it.
I had already tried that before with the "Start->Programs->StreetDeck->Tools->Reset Configuration Data" which as you know pretty much does the same thing you suggested.
So I went ahead and reinstalled mappoint so that the settings were going to be reenabled; they were. I could then set it to disabled and the COM port was released *for that SD session*. I then closed SD again, and the next time I reopened it, SD tried to outsmart me and re-detected the GPS port and set it to COM 1 once again starting the problem all over.
It then ocurred to me that if I went ahead and changed the COM port settings, closed SD, uninstalled mappoint, that SD wouldn't try to autodetect the GPS again.
Nope, I was wrong.
To SD, it doesn't matter whether Mappoint is installed or not, it always goes through the autodetection sequence for the GPS. That seems like a bug to me.
I guess my only solution will be to go with the virtual COM ports... maybe I'll try that tomorrow ... *sigh*