Trying to sync iPhone apps to iPad--iTunes freezes up...

Question

Aargh. When I first connected I my iPad to my Win7 (32-bit) machine, I checked off the Apps box. It started syncing apps, but would get through about six and then freeze up--progress bar stopped, and task manager listed iTunes as Not Responding. Have since hard reset the iPad and reinstalled iTunes and successfully synced photos, contacts, etc. However, when I click on the Apps tab, it pulls up the list and then iTunes freezes, even before I can start selecting specific apps.
Any ideas?

Answer 1

Have you run iTunes as "administrator."
Or chosen to run iTunes in another version? Kind of Vodoo that sometime can trick.
Is the iTunes for Windows running 32 bit in your 64 bit OS?
Have you also done the game of changing USB slots? With my iTouch sometimes I've had to use the back ones on my Asus Striker.
And there's sometimes an issue with other USB slots being used for such things as product key registration. that persuaded Toonboom Studio to drop product keys the mayhem ruined Vista... well one of many.
My old Toonboom Pro USB product refused to allow me to boot another app and produced some weird readings until i unplugged the USB keys, USB external drive and my USB camera.
Windows 7 Ultimate is amazingly solid, 64 bit especially for once MS has equaled Snow leapord so if non of this works I suggest you push to go up the ladder.
Failing any resolution it might be the cables or the iPad.
You clearly have a modern system and Windows 7 64bit Ultimate is not Vista so push hard as it also educates Apple tech support.
If it's Apps alone not syncing it sounds like you should also go into Windows and open the At Start up list window and click exclude all MS software then deselect your anti-virus and most other apps except for all networking.
I've found many an application that failed to install correctly would after running as administrator and deselecting all apps at start up that are not directly needed for network and of course iTunes. Get rid of virus software, Steam and all Adobe.
Streamline your startup and you'll find the Apps will sync.
Good luck.