ITunes unresponsive when syncing photos to iPad

I am having a problem with iTunes and syncing my photos to my iPad. During the sync iTunes becomes unresponsive. It happens during Step 5 of 5 (waiting for changes to be applied). I am using Windows 7 Version 6.1. I have tried reinstalling iTunes and that did not fix the issue. I was trying to sync to a new iPad, so I tried syncing the photos on my old iPad (which was successful before) and had the same issue. I am not sure what else to try or what the problem is. I have synced photos before but for whatever reason it won't work now. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Stephanie

Ok let me refine this a bit.
If I keep the folder for uploading on "My Pictures" that ITunes starts with the pictures come over. If, however, I try to designate another folder to upload from ITunes crashes.
This NEVER happened with my IPad version 1 -- I have about 25 albums from a dedicated directory on this same PC so I know how do do this. This appears to be some weird conflict between the IOS 7.0.4 and the Itunes on my PC -- so definitely an Apple glitch.
Amazing to pay this type of coin and they don't get the basics right.

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