Q: itunes 12  freezes when I try to select apps section on a device

I'm using itunes 12.1.2.27 on windows 7.

When I connect my iPhone 6 plus or iPad Air, both running IOS 8.3.

And try to select the apps section on the device, itunes invariably Freezes and I have to stop it via the task manager.

This also happened in the previous version of itunes 12, so rather than updating to 12.1.2.27, I uninstalled itunes and then installed a fresh download form the apple site. This made no difference.

Anyone else getting this?\

Thanks,

                   Zivan