"No photos were found to import"

This is a recurring problem in LR3.2 (WIN/Vista) for me, and none of the forum answers seem to address what I am experiencing.
I have a folder on my hard-drive that contains 10 images. Of the 10, 5 are .psd, and 5 are .jpg. Each of the 10 images have unique file names (unique.psd), so there is no stacking involved of like named images here. I select the folder in LR3.2, and it shows 5 of the .psd, and 2 of the .jpg files. I click “Library>Synchronize“ and the Synchronize dialog window opens. It has found 3 new photos to import. The radio button (Import new photos (3) is checked, so I then click the ”Synchronize“ button. The ”Import files at there current location“ bar at the top left shows that the ”Task completed“, then an error pops up stating, ”No photos were found to import“. So no images actually get imported.This has happened to me on many different folders, (at least 6) and each time there are unique images on the hard drive but not imported to LR3.2.
All of the images are 8 bit, and are found in different folders of my catalog. I have a master file where originals are stored, and then a seperate folder where images are exported for upload. I need to manage the upload folders seperately for my business.
Any suggestions would be helpful.
Regards

I'm getting this too on Nikon raw files, all from a batch of files/folders of a three day shoot in Big Sur. LR3 has decided it doesn't want to import day two folder photos. It does import day 1 & 3 with no problem. I've changed the master folder names to have unique names, sub folder names have been changed. Next on to changing file names (big hassel!)

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onjour
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