iCloud stopped syncing my iphone photos to my PC

iCloud stopped syncing my iphone photos automatically in February on my Windows 10 PC. I had the issue once before and did an uninstall and reinstall and that worked. This time however nothing I am doing is working. Also at some point the iCloud photo folder the one with the logo and the ability to tell iCloud what to download has disappeared. I have uninstalled itunes and icloud drive and reinstalled and that folder hasn't returned. Also the current installation of iCloud drive is missing 4 of the options in the photos section (screen shot included) which would restart the sync possibly. I am so frustrated and really don't know what to do next. Are there any ways of fixing this? Any help is greatly appreciated. I just want a simple way to get my photos and videos into a folder on my PC. Thanks so much in advance.