Importing ARW files

Lightroom starts up fine when I insert a CF card, but it only ever imports the jpg files , never the ARW ones. ARW is the extension for the RAW files of the Sony Alpha 100 camera.There is no problem with importing ARW files if i search for them & manually import them. It just does not happen on auto-import.
I've looked through forum & manual & program. Am I missing something ?
Chris

About all I can suggest is that you open up the downloader (the camera icon) in your system tray and check the configuration. I use Vista, Sony's downloader or Photo Gallery's downloader and import the downloaded folders into Lightroom. Only the Raw and ARW files come in Lightroom although both the Jpeg and RAW Panasonic files are imported onto my hard drive. I am under the impression that the downloader actually imports both the jpegs and .ARW files onto the hard drive, but don't know for sure.
To completely keep the downloader from launching Lightroom, uncheck "Adobe Photo downloader" and/or "adproxy.exe" in the Start Up tab of msconfig. Let's just say that the Lightroom downloader is less than perfect on Windows.
If you prefer shooting in .ARW, you may also prefer shooting in .ARW only, at least that is what I prefer.

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Mac – http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5856
Win – http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5857
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sorry thats the auto reply message from yahoo email.
i've disabled it now
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but then sadly reverts it to no DRO settings.
because i notice if i take normal picture in raw mode its dark but if i apply dro to it, it comes out brighter, yet when i d/l the image from camera to lightroom, which is an ARW - there are no jpgs. lightroom decides to mess it up
so in reality there is no point in using DRO because when i upload it lightroom removes it.
is there a way to tell lightroom to preserve the jpg preview as it first sees it.
its just lame, picture appears perfect...than lightroom does something, than bam, its ruined,.
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