Why can't I move my phones from my iphone 5 to my pc?

I have onnected my phone to my laptop and the only thing it shows it DCIM and there is nothing in it.  I have tried to download the icloud app to my pc and it won't open the package and wants me to verify it is available.  How can I move my phones from my phone to my pc or a flash drive?

I'm assuming that you are referring to moving photos, not phones. However, are you referring to photos in the Camera Roll. These are the only photos that you can import from the iPhone. Photos that are in the Photo libraray are synced from the computer to the phone.
With the phone connected to the computer, instead of going into the phone via Explorer, after opening Explorer when you see the drives on the computer and the iPhone, just right click on the iPhone and select Import pictures via Windows. That should open the Import program and you can import the pictures from there.

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