Not opening iTunes when Touch is connected

I believe it used to be the case that my Touch opened iTunes when the "Open iTunes...when connected" was checked off, but now it doesn't. It's not a huge problem, but it is frustrating.
Can anyone give me a clue as to waht to look for to correct this?
iPod Touch 4th Gen
iTunes v 10.4.1

If you have autosync in iTunes/Edit/Preferences/Devices disabled, enable it again. Then click on your phone in the device list, and check the Summary pane if autolaunch is selected. If no, select it, go back to Edit/Preferences/Devices and enable the option to prevent autosync, if you had this selected before.
The reason to go back and forth is, that you can't see if autolaunch for iTunes is selected in the Summary pane, if you disabled autosync.
I hope this makes sense

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