Open in Camera Raw issues...

Have photoshop elements 12 just installed it last month. In the beginning it opened the raw files from my nikon, but now it no longer will. No updates need to be done. Using windows 7.

Do you get any error messages?  Perhaps resetting the editor to its default settings might do the trick.
to do this, go to:
Edit >> Preferences >> General
and then see something like this (you will need to click on this image to enlarge it):

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    Subject: Why won't files open in Camera Raw from Bridge?
        Re: Why won't files open in Camera Raw from Bridge?
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    Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:25:37 -0600
    From: [email protected]
    To: [email protected]
    Subject: Why won't files open in Camera Raw from Bridge?
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