Net Use Command will not work on COM ports (they do on LPT ports)

Currently I am logged in as the Administrator user in elevated command prompt and I run the following command which fails.

net use COM3: \TEST-SVR\generic1

Response:System error 66 has occured. The network resource type is not correct.

Though, if I test this with an LPT port with the following request.

use net LPT3: \TEST-SVR\generic1

Reponse:The command completed successfully.

LPT ports work, though COM ports do not. I've been exploring ways to enable COM ports though I haven't had luck so far.

Thanks in advance for any help provided.

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