IPhone photos syncing problem

In iTunes, I'm getting the error message "iTunes cannot sync photos to the iPhone <my iPhone> because the folder "Pictures" cannot be found." when I connect my iPhone to my computer.
What does this mean, and how do I remedy this?
Thanks!

Figured it out. Somehow the extension changed from JPEG to JPG. Changing it back sloved the problem.

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