HT1386 my iPhone will no longer sync with iTunes.  running a pc with win 8/64bit

why won't my iPhone sync with iTunes?  i'm running latest version of iTunes on a PC OS Win 8/64bit?

It's ridiculous how difficult this is.  I've reinstalled iTunes, played with the settings, and it just doesn't work.
It will happily sync my computer library (which has nothing in it) with my phone library (589 songs) thereby (presumably) wiping out the 589 songs.
But I can't get it to sync the other way and copy the iPhone library to the computer.
It also puts new CDs on the computer but not on the phone, where I want them.
Is there anyone at Apple that cares about this abject stupidity in the software?

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