Phtoshop CS2 with .NEF files

Hi everyone,
I have a problem with my Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Win32) and .NEF files created in Nikon Scan 4
Here is screen shot for error which I getting:
No Nikon plug-in installed. Camera RAW - 3.7
Any suggestions?

Problems is I got a lot of files from friend of mine who scan it years ago and put to archive.
I don't have scanner to rescan all of them (more then 200 files)
I just want to open it to "save as"
BTW - he has no problem opening it in CS4 or CS5.
Problem only with my CS2

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