Windows 10: Phone Link settings does not display an option for allowing photos for iPhone

I am trying to be able to view my iPhone's photos on Windows via PhoneLink. The instructions I see online say I should go Settings>Features>Photos>Allow Photos, but I do not see this in my Features window. Is displaying photos in PhoneLink only a feature available for Android?

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iPhone Photos import to Windows 10 PC not working

I would like to troubleshoot my inability to import photos from iPhone to Windows 10. I am an advanced user struggling to find relevant help on the internet since most results are unusable masked adverts for paid third party software.

I want to use it the following way

1. connect iPhone via USB to my Windows 10 PC
   
2. open Microsoft "Photos" app
   
3. click in the upper right on import > add from the device over USB
   
4. select all photos and click import
   

4th step is where it fails, with no usable message.

• I have set the device as trusted on iPhone
  
• I mostly don't see it in My Computer, therefore I cannot just copy
  
• I tried uninstalling every driver and iTunes software
  
• Despite not being visible in Windows Explorer, iTunes can always access the contents with no issue
  
• it has a tiny moments when it starts working, but overall import fails sooner or later and never copies all 3k photos. Mostly MSPhotos don't show any content, just failure message, sometimes it shows it's content and acts as I can select what to import, but as described fails sooner or later
  
• iTunes can successfully copy entire phone.
  
  Other attempts
  
• I tried multiple free 3rd party SW, all of them either failed or seemed like to be usable only after buying their extended version
  
• I tried using iTunes for Syncing the Photos
  
  • I maybe don't know how to use it, or it is faulty too. But I've set the directory where my Photos should be synced, but sync seems to just backup the phone and creates tiny 'Photo Database file', but no photo actually gets copied onto PC.
    

 

Connecting iPhone to Phone Link. iPhone is not an option for set up.

Trying to pair my iPhone to my new windows 11 computer. Everything is updated fully but when I open the Phone Link app, there is no option to chose iPhone set up, only Android. I have connected my laptop to my iphone via bluetooth and even downloaded the Link to Windows app on iOS. How do I connect my iPhone?

 

how to transfer photos from iphone to pc?

I suggest you use the search string "Iphone photo transfer" but I found this:

How to Transfer Photos and Videos from iPhone to PC?