Folders Jump on Import

When I import photos my folders constantly jump un and down making it very hard to choose the correct folder. How do I stop this?

Me too. It is driving me nuts. I have a multi-card USB-reader plugged in which appears as a drive letter between F: and J: dependent on which slot I have a card in. For SD cards it appears as J: . With no card inserted, the full Import window of Lightroom 4.3 intermittently shows a Devices heading above Files, with a drive "F:\(Camera or Card Reader)". The drive letter is always F: . The state toggles every 1 to 2 seconds, making it very difficult to select the desired subfolder on disk. See screen-shots below which show the alternating states.
I am running Windows 8 Pro x64, and don't think I've encountered this behaviour in a previous version of Lightroom.

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Under INDIA 2012 I imported Mumbai and Goa but they don't show up( but the photos are there under the Little Russian main folder)Under Little Russian, I imported Gujarat with 13 subfolders and nothing shows up ( and the photos are there under the Little Russian main folder)I also imported some photos from Mexico as a folder under Little Russian and they are there too, but the folder does not show up.
I tried to click on the folder Little Russian and click add a folder...when I name it Gujarat, it says it is already there and I cannot have two folders of the same name.
I tried to click on GO TO FOLDER IN LIBRARY, but nothing seems to happen.
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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:27:15 -0700
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Subject: Folders disappear once imported?
    Re: Folders disappear once imported?
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If you click the little triangle on the right side of your Hard Drive icon in the Folders Panel, do they appear?
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