Cannot see photos in Iphone folder in Windows Explorer

Yes Apple, what is up with that? disabling my device so it no longer shows up in windows explorer? I want to move some photos over and now I can't? Please fix whatever you messed up with the latest O/S version so it works the way it used to. Or at least publish the solution to this problem.

My solution is to connect the iPhone in an open state and with iTunes closed. Windows Explorer then shows the iPhone and Windows Photos will now import as it recognises the device. I think this is a bug/security feature in a recent version of iTunes it used to be OK a few months ago. If iTunes is already running from a previous Sync then my iPhone is only visible to iTunes, also the same if my iPhone is not open. This is weird and annoying, but not as bad as some solutions where people switch between driver software for Syncing and importing photos.

And to follow up on this.. I just tried it again and it would only work if I took the photo out of the "Camera Roll' photo, then copied it back into that same folder, then disconnect and reconnect my iphone. Then the iphone appears in my File Explorer list. Whew! Why has Apple made this such a problem?

No, and no. And I seldom use iTunes either. I just plug the phone into the PC, and transfer the pictures. Worked great for the past several years through iOS 8,9,and 10 - until iOS 11.

Also can't use Field Test mode to see dBm signal strength anymore either, but that's a different annoyance... ;-(

I’m only reading these forums because my work made me swap my galaxy for an iPhone. If you seriously think that this is a Microsoft problem you should ask yourself why you need to use a music shop app to move files around when every other phone in the world interacts with Windows Explorer like an extra drive. If you’re reading this I’m actually surprised because I’d expect this kind of off message thought to be moderated out.

iphone7 doing the same thing; for the last 100 yrs i plugged my phone (any make/model) into laptop(Win OS) and in windows explorer i'd watch a folder appear. i just drove across america, have 20,000 pics, was to sit down today to process and ...... Can't plug & play with a $750 device?

how do i drag/drop photos off the iphone7 and to my Win7 OS laptop?

drag & drop -- ~1998 technology -- good stuff 🙂

Don't blame Apple it's probably Microsoft's fault! These kind of issues are sad as I cannot afford a Macbook

If you don't like old technology you shouldn't use copy and paste.

Just wanted to note, you didn't find a workaround, that's the way it's supposed to be done according to Microsoft.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17449/windows-7-import-pictures

Thanks. It did work imediately in windows 10. I just copied one photo to the folder you mentioned and the photos in my iphone are now displayed in windows explorer.

This worked for me. Thank you! 🙂

I wasn't really confident about the solution suggested by madrivergirl above , but I tried and, incredible, it works! It seems to be more a Microsoft issue in this case! Thanks a lot!

Not if you can't see the files. And that's the issue here.

Yes, this is the only thing that worked for me! ( I tried the thing suggested before about adding a photo to camera roll but my PC doesn't have a folder named "Camera Roll.")