I had the same issue. The first time I installed the Store app, I chose Libraries (there WAS an iTunes option), as I didn't know that podcasts were going to be so poorly supported in WP8 (Zune was great with WP7), but when I learned better, I tried uninstall/reinstall of the Store app, but it didn't give me the option again. I tried looking through the registry for what to delete, but since I have 2 Windows Phone SDKs installed, plus updates, there are hundreds if not thousands of references to Windows Phone in my registry, so not worth the risk. I ended up going to the Desktop app beta as you did, IAMTIM, and I'm equally disappointed with it. I've got an extra problem of having 3 songs that I put in the phone before I bought a MicroSD card, which I cannot get rid of, no matter how I try. I've deleted them through the file system I can't tell you how many times, I can't figure out a way to delete them through the sync (now that I've got a MicroSD in there, too, that may be part of the problem, not sure), but when I delete them, they come back. The funny thing is that they are songs I bought through a Zune pass, and I can't get rid of them, and I've heard of people having trouble getting Zune music INTO their phones - or am I reading them wrong??? But since they were purchased from Zune, I am wondering if it keeps downloading them again.... Who knows.... But I sure hope MS fixes this syncing thing SOON! I would SO LOVE to get RID of iTunes....... I can't STAND that thing! There is no NEED for me to have Windows Media Player (already there), Zune (for my Zune HD), AND iTunes all having a database of my music libraries....... UGH!