Apple Devices App doesn't recognize ANY of my apple devices on my PC

I had the same issue first time I added Apple Devices app, but what I found out is that in order to use it, you must also download Apple Music and Apple TV apps to be able to use and manage it. When I did, Apple Devices will recognize your phone or device. But to be honest I didn’t like how you have to use three different apps to manage one device. I was able to backup but lost my original music playlists, although transferred to Apple Music and never figured out how to move it back over. I tried to get help here but only got pointed back to iTunes. It was so much trouble I ended up uninstalling the new apps and just went back to iTunes since I was using it before and is much more intuitive and user friendly. Supposedly iTunes will phase out but until then im sticking with iTunes. That’s just my suggestion. Good luck