Can't see file names

[kasmall]

Newbie to Lightroom.  I transferred all of my pictures from my memory card to a file on my desktop called "photography."  I tried to import them to Lightroom and can't see the files names when I click file < import < open source <desktop.  My instructor did say that this is a problem with PCs.  Does anyone know if there is a solution?  Thank you!

[Just Shoot Me]

What exact version of LR are you using, go to Help > About Adobe PS LR?

What camera are these files from and are they RAW files?

[kasmall]

Thank you for your reply.  I'm using the 2015.8 release, camera raw 9.8 version of Lightroom (still on the trial version for a couple of days).  My camera is a Nikon DSLR 5500 and I do believe the files are raw.  They came right off my memory card. 

[Rob_Cullen · Accepted solution]

I click file < import < open source <desktop

You may need to look further down the left panels for the "photographs" folder. Click the small triangles to expand/collapse the folder tree.

Also there is a check box option to "include sub-folders" -do you have that checked on?

Another confusing fact is that the "Desktop" is a folder buried in C:\Users\your name\desktop,  so selecting the C:\ drive needs expanding several layers of sub-folders to find desktop folders.

[kasmall]

Thank you- I will try it!