NEF files ... help!?

Im shooting on a Nikon D40, however i can't open my NEF files in photoshop ( version cs2 ) I've tried downloading all the plug -ins and still nothing.
Any sugestions?!

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Im shooting on a Nikon D40, however i can't open my NEF files in photoshop ( version cs2 ) I've tried downloading all the plug -ins and still nothing.
Any sugestions?!
With CS2, you need version 3.7 of the Adobe Camera Raw plug-in.
You probably installed it in the wrong location.
Please see the FAQs at the Adobe Camera Raw forum for instructions.
The most common mistake is to look at the wrong Library, the user Library. That is NOT the Library to start the path. You want your ROOT LEVEL Library, the one that comes after the name of your Mac hard disk.
You have to replace the Camera Raw plug-in that gets installed by default, and which is now obsolete, with ACR 3.7 in that same folder where the old plug-in was. Quit both Photoshop and Bridge before installing ACR.
You will need to Purge the Cache through the Tools menu in Bridge after the installation of the new plug-in.
As I said, check the Camera Raw forum:
http://forums.adobe.com/community/cameraraw

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