Computer doesn't recognize that phone usb is plugged in..can't get pictures off phone!

I have tons of pictures on my phone that I want to put on my computer and I was able to do it once within the first week of getting my phone. Now every time I try it the computer is not recognizing the usb no matter how many times I mount it on my phone. What is going on??
Thanks!

Ugh, this took me two days to figure out ... I'm already bald so I didn't have any hair to pull out but I tried!
So I messed something up and my computer stopped recognizing my droid 4. I found an article about setting up your phone for usb and it mentioned going to System Settings->Storage->USB computer connection. So on my phone that is the 3 lines button on the bottom left of the phone's face, aka Menu Button, then select System Settings. Then scroll down to the DEVICE section and select Storage. Then hit the 3 lines button (Menu Button) while in Storage and it pops up with USB computer connection at the bottom. After selecting that, I then select Media device (MTP) but I could've selected Mass Storage or Camera if I felt brave
Worked for me, hope this helps someone else.

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