IPod applications won't download, apps area grayed out, but everything is working.
I was logged onto iTunes store, bought a new program, downloaded it, and then discovered it would not load into my iPod touch, and my iPod showed it was syncing okay. In fact, everything was updated and all indications were that nothing was amiss and everything was working. The software ran through every routine I tried, and the diagnostics tests showed everything was working perfectly -- just no app on the iPod. The apps area of my iPod in the iTunes software, however was grayed out and not accessible.
I followed several suggestions from the internet and these forums. I checked to be sure nothing was locked up, I reset the iPod, and when that didn't work, I restored it, after which I no longer had any downloaded programs on the iPod.
Solution: I was about to uninstall/reinstall the iTunes software on my PC, but first tried to repair it before uninstalling it in the Control Panel. Took a couple minutes.
Problem(s) solved. I redownloaded all my programs from my iTunes library, and lost no data in any of them.
I'm posting this because the answer was hiding in plain sight, so to speak. If I can just save one person the wasted time that I invested before trying the obvious, it will all have been worth it and there will be one more head of hair saved from being torn out. Too late for me, however.
Lol.
It worked for me.
In Windows, go Start>Settings>Control Panel>Add Remove Programs>iTunes> ...
you have options: repair and remove.
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