Can't start apple mobile device service

Hey grandmaauntie,

I would read up on the following article, which will go over how to restart the Apple Mobile Device Service along with setting the startup type to Automatic:

How to restart the Apple Mobile Device Service (AMDS) on Windows

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1567

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Cheers,

Delgadoh

An update -- I was able to use the shorter list to uninstall, as outlined here:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5821624?tstart=0

Important -- right-click and run the iTunes installer "as Administrator", as mentioned.

I was able to force the mobile services to shut down using the "services" control, but that may have not been necessary. Doing this was not sufficient to reinstall, I did have to uninstall the other packages as outlined in that link.

Looks like I'm back running! Ugh....

The obvious answer doesnot help. The status of Apple Mobile Device Support is "stopped". On restarting the message is obtained "Windows cannot start the Apple Mobile Device Service". More suggestions. My systems is Windows 7, 64 bit

GR

I got the same message. Obviously the latest version of iTunes had some crappy beta testers. I think it's a serious bug. I just spent the last hour cleaning my registry because i tried to install the latest iTunes. I'm searching ways to restart the service manually but be careful with service permissions, that can get tricky...Good luck, but i think this ones on Apple. Hope they patch it asap!!

Here is a fix that worked in my case

Remove all Apple SW from your PC (iTunes, Quicktime, Bonjour, Apple Mobile Device Support, Apple Application Support, Update Apple SW.

reboot.

Restart

reinstall iTunes as administrator.

GR

I have found the solution to this.

Step 1 - Uninstall itunes and apple apps.

Step 2 - right-click on My Computer and click on manage

Step 3 - Click on the Services And Applications tab

Step 4 - Click Services

Step 5 - look for Apple Mobile Device and double-click on it.

Note: It should be disabled and not at automatic! try doing a disk clean up on to make sure

the Apple Mobile Device service is ready to be deleted. *You should be able to see the service is at the point of deletion. means you cannot enable it anymore.

Step 6 - restart your computer. *your computer should have a update.

Step 7 - go into the Services And Applications tab again to confirm the Apple Mobile Device is deleted.

Step 8 - Install itunes.

Step 9 - enjoy itunes 🙂

This ALMOST worked for me, but not quite. I was left with a missing MSVCR80.DLL and an Apple Sync Notifier error. I should preface by saying this is a Windows 7 HOME OS. That might be the difference. I had to manually remove:

Itunes

Apple Software Update

Apple Mobile Device Support

Bonjour

Apple App Support

Icloud

MobileMe

(in that order)

Checked the services to ensure nothing was still running.

Reboot

Reinstall Itunes from a saved download, not from the site.

I'm back on.

It seems that I have a similar problem after attempting to install the recent iTunes update. It seems to be stuck on those services, and I don't have the "rights" to do stop it, even though I'm an Administrator. Odd! I uninstalled iTunes and was not able to re-install, so I'll look for the other items above and try again (in that order, just in case!). Annoying!

Interesting -- it will not allow uninstallation of Apple Mobile Device support. I'll try again after yet another reboot.

Yup same issue here ... super annoying!!

Doesn't work for me either, but thank for trying. Sometimes the obvious is overlooked.

Same here.

Has anyone reported this to Apple?

This worked for me.