HTC sync issues

So I finally got the damn thing installed and working, took ages and quite a few un/installs and I have just sync'd all the pics from my phone onto my laptop. As it says

"File will be saved to/My Photos/Device camera shots"

But they arent there. They are also now no longer on my phone, please please can anyone help? Where the hell are they? They are really important pics please help me find them :-X

Yeah, HTC Sync is buggy at best. Sorry, can't help you find your photos, but would suggest going forward you forget about HTC Sync and use an app like My Phone Explorer to move files. There are more options, and it's much more reliable.