To make virtual ports visible under Devices and Printers, do the following:
- Open regedit (press Win+R on the keyboard, type regedit, click OK).
 - Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\VSBC8\Parameters.
 - Create a DWORD value named Removable and set it to 1.
 - Recreate your virtual ports for the changes to take effect.