IPod visible in iTunes but not Windows explorer

Hi there,
I recently upgraded from windows 7 to Windows 8.1 and since then, my iPod touch and Windows do not seem to be getting along very well. Below is a screen shot of my device manager showing that very sad little yellow triangle next to my iPod. I have tried a number of things including restarting the Apple mobile divice driver and even reinstalling everything!!!
It doesn't make sense, since the iPod shows up just fine in iTunes and syncs without any problems, it is just not showing up in Windows 8.1! When I double click on the iPod, Windows tells me: "The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)"
Does anybody know how to fix this?
Thanks!

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