No COM/LPT ports in Windows 11 Device Manager

[Microsoft Windows]

I am trying to access my ESP32 board connected to one of my USB ports. Instructions tell me to upload CH320 drivers which I have.Then I'm told to check the COM ports in Device Manager. Everyone talks about the COM/LPT ports, but I dont have that topic listed. Nowhere can I find a COM listing to see what if anything is connected.And when trying upload a image showing my Device Manager listing to this posting I get "failed to load" for both JPG and PNG images (<64K).Every attempt to solve this is met with another item not working.

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