Expanding stacks loses files from Lightroom - help!

I've just discovered the delights of stacking, and have stacked brackets in several folders. The first time I expanded these (via Photo > Stacking > expand all stacks), in order to rename all the files in the folder, it worked fine. However since then, when I expand a stack (either via the contextual menu or the keyboard shortcut) the stacked files disappear and only the top image exists, according to Lightroom. I have to reimport the stacked files at their current location for them to be accessible in Lightroom. This has happened in two separate sessions, yesterday and today (i.e. quitting and relaunching, and restarting the computer don't help). What on earth am I doing wrong? I'd really like to use this feature, but this gremlin makes it unusable.
I'm using version 1.2 on an Apple Mac with OS 10.4.9 (my files are unedited NEF files).

Turn your filters off. It is likely some of the images in your stacks have different ratings to the top one.

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