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iPhone Autoplay doesn't start automatically

When I plug my iPhone 4s up to my Windows 7 64bit PC It is detected by the PC and iTunes, but it does not start AutoPlay. I have checked all the basics, making sure autoplay is set to "ask me everytime" the device is plugged up. yet it does not do this. I have reset to defaults on the phone as well as on my PC. AutoPlay still does not come up. This is mainlty an inconvience but still, it SHOULD just work and it doesnt. So any suggestions besides what I've already tried would be awesome. Thanks for your time. 🙂

iPhone 4S, iOS 5.0.1

Posted on Jan 12, 2012 6:19 PM

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Posted on Jan 12, 2013 11:22 AM

I have the same issue. On my new computer (Windows 7 64 bit), my phone shows up in Device Manager under Portable Devices. It is also listed in My Computer as a Portable Device. It is not listed in AutoPlay at all so I can't have Picasa automatically open when I connect my phone. It's an inconvenience, but I can work around it.


On my old computer (Windows Vista), my phone showed up in Device Manager under Portable Devices, in My Computer as a Portable Device and in AutoPlay as a Device. I chose to have it import my pictures using Picasa.

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Jul 5, 2015 10:02 AM in response to kbphoto615

Using a 64-bit computer I could not get AutoPlay to work with the suggestions above (reinstalling the driver, uninstall/reinstalling every Apple related program/Windows AutoPlay repair). However I did find a manual workaround via the links below:

Windows 7: Choose Start > Computer. Under Portable Devices, right-click the device and choose Import Photos.


If you can't import photos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your computer - Apple Support

Feb 21, 2016 9:30 PM in response to kbphoto615

I'm experiencing the same issue. Recently, autoplay dialog stopped showing up when I plug in my iPhone 5 on my Windows 7 x64 desktop. iTunes still sync everything fine, it's just that autoplay won't appear and as such Dropbox won't import any of my photos and videos.

I tried on my Surface 3 running Windows 8.1 x64 and autoplay worked, Dropbox can import photos and videos just fine.

Any idea of how to fix this issue? I tried using a different cable, changing ports, nothing works.

Feb 28, 2016 8:27 PM in response to kbphoto615

I am sadly using vista, but that dosen't stop my iphone 4s from being able to download my videos from my phone to my computer, but i used a different iphone 4s, that works better then my iphone 4s to record a video. for some reason the auto play feature only works on my iphone, not on the other one. and it wont show up in the computer.

i want to be able to have it on my computer, but i cant send it to any social media accounts because it either wont let me, or it will say that the video is too long.

if anyone can help me, or tell me how to enable this setting, or whatever i have to do that would be cool and stuff.

iPhone Autoplay doesn't start automatically

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