Export of RAW files loses EXIF data

I am having a problem when I export files out of the PSE Organizer from RAW format to JPG that I am losing EXIF data on the resulting JPG file.
I am using PSE 6 on Windows Vista and primarily manage my images in RAW format (Nikon D300 NEF) within the Organizer. I am using the latest Adobe Camera RAW plugin ver 5.1 but I have tried this with the last three Camera RAW plugin versions without any difference.
I typically need to get the RAW NEF images into JPG format to post them to my blog so I normally select several NEF files at once within the Organizer then CTRL-E (or File, Export, As New Files), select JPEG, then Export.
The resulting JPG file has no EXIF data for the camera (e.g. Camera make, model, f-stop, exposure, etc) that was on the original NEF file. I am determining this by right-click, Properties, Details on the file within Windows explorer.
Other tests I have done to diagnose this are:
1. Opening an NEF file in Full Edit mode from the Organizer then doing a File, Save As (JPEG), the missing EXIF data *does* get saved properly. The problem with this approach is that it is not suitable to export hundreds of NEF files.
2. I downloaded a trial version of PSE 7 and it behaves identically to PSE6 in this test.
3. I downloaded a trial version of Lightroom 2 and the export feature works properly in this test.
Any help would be appreciated.
Baden Smith

My observations of what is happening is exactly what you are seeing with one exception about the XMP update. My reply that I posted about seeing the XMP file being updated was based on the observation that when I did a File > Write Keyword Tag the time and date changed on the XMP file as seen with Windows Explorer. I also looked inside the XMP file with a text editor and saw the updated comments and tags inside. See this section of the XMP file that shows the comments and tags: ------------ <rdf:Description rdf:about="" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> <dc:creator> <rdf:Seq> <rdf:li>Baden Smith</rdf:li> </rdf:Seq> </dc:creator> <dc:rights> <rdf:Alt> <rdf:li xml:lang="x-default">Copyright - Baden Smith - All Rights Reserved</rdf:li> </rdf:Alt> </dc:rights> <dc:description> <rdf:Alt> <rdf:li xml:lang="x-default">Fishing boats sailing by our balcony at dawn in Zanzibar</rdf:li> </rdf:Alt> </dc:description> <dc:subject> <rdf:Bag> <rdf:li>Africa</rdf:li> </rdf:Bag> </dc:subject> </rdf:Description> ------------ My original question posted was about the export to JPG and not seeing the camera EXIF info being exported. Do you know if this is configurable or is a bug? Baden

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