ITunes not recognising iPad on Windows 7

I am fed up with windows asking me what to do when I attach a device. So this morning I went into control panel and changed things to "take no action". But when I attached my iPad afterwards it was not showing up in iTunes. So I tried all the usual... Restarting the laptop and trying different USB ports etc. but still iTunes does not recognise my iPad.
So I looked in control panel to see if I could find an answer and found I had mistakenly set iPad and iPhone to "take no action". But when I try to change it there's no itunes option!. It is all "open folder to view files" and "import pictures" type options. Clearly my pc thinks my iPad is a camera.
And clearly I've buggered things up. What can I do to make iTunes recognise the iPad again?? And no synching by wifi is not an option as im currently nowhere near home and on 3G at the moment.

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