.NEF Raw Files to .XMP Files.

My RAW files have been changed from .NEF files to .XMP Files. How can I change the files back to RAW files?
I am using CS4 PhotoShop and Bridge.

So you have not opened any of the files in Camera RAW, so there’s no reason to have created an XMP file, yet?
Are your XMP files are 10MB+ in size? If so, it is possible that you’ve somehow renamed your raw files from an extension of NEF to an extension of XMP.
The easiest way I know of to rename a bunch of files is with a DOS Command prompt. My memory of what the menus in Windows 2000 are like is a little fuzzy, but here’s what I’d do, to rename XMP files to NEF files a folder at a time.
Open a command prompt by going to Start / All Programs / Accessories / Command Prompt.
Use the DOS CD command to find the folder the file are in.
Do a DIR to see that you are the right place and that there are no NEF files in the folder (DIR *.NEF) but that there are XMP files in the folder (DIR *.XMP).
Use the DOS rename command to change the extensions:
REN *.NEF *.XMP
Do a DIR to see that you now have NEF files (DIR .)
If the XMP files were really XMP-sidecar files with settings in them, then renaming then to NEF files will not make them open and you’ll probably get an error, but if they were really NEF files that you’d accidentally renamed to XMP files, then the above process should work.

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XMP files remain with NEF files in my folder. Camera Raw suddenly reset leaving my edits gone. Will XMP files enable me to resume with those lost edits?

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