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MiniGeek

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Apr 10, 2016
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I just thought I would share this, just in case anyone might find this useful.

I'm using my iPhone 5 at the moment until my replacement iPhone 6 arrives (issues, repair, lonnnng story!) I hadn't connected my 5 to my Windows laptop since before I updated the laptop to Windows 10. I had experienced issues with the iPhone 6 and my iPad not being recognized by iTunes and I easily fixed that with this method:

http://www.technipages.com/itunes-fix-iphone-or-ipod-not-detected-in-windows

However, today, Windows 10 kept starting up some "Companion" thing when I connected the iPhone 5, and right clicking my iPhone in Explorer didn't show any Properties tab, so I didn't see how I could update the drivers as mentioned in the above link.

I finally went to Settings-Devices and removed the iPhone. Then I disconnected it from the laptop and reconnected it. iTunes saw it and Windows installed the correct drivers for it. Problem solved.
 
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