Now I don't use Windows anymore but if I recall correctly that was never the case for me. That's weird.
It really is. I had one folder of pictures on my desktop which had some picture
files in it as well as four other folders. Well when I went to choose a folder
on iTunes to sync pics from I choose that one on the desktop. The little
explorer window would open that folder and not show any files, only the four
folders. And if I would open any of those four folders, no files would show
inside.
I just figured something wasn't working right. Then out of nowhere I thought
of trying to sync pics in that default "Pictures" folder and all of a sudden all
the pictures and folders were ready to be selected and synced.
I'm not attributing this to iTunes as much as I am Windows Vista. I hate
Vista with a passion.