PSE5 - Stacking RAW / JPEG Files

With my Nikon D80, I am starting to shoot a lot assignments using the combination of RAW + JPEG files.
I am using the auto-staking feature of PSE5 when adding files and folders, with the expectation that it would quickly stack the RAW+JPEG combinations into a single stack for each pair.
Instead, I'm getting a frustratingly wide range of results. In some cases, the RAW and JPEGs are not stacked, and the stack has to be manually created.
In other instances, I'll get 2, 4, or 3 pairs of photos in a single stack and have to divide them with the little scissors tool. These combinations are not necessarily rapid exposures. I haven't been using the multiple exposure setting on the D80.
All in all, this is adding to my workflow instead of expediting it. Is there not some way to set parameters to establish how auto-stacks are determined?
On a similar subject, is there any way to tell PSE5 WHICH of the files I want to see on the top of the stack? I'd rather see the RAW for starters, but then sometimes, I might want to see the JPEGs instead. Is there some way to set / switch the top photo for all of them at once?
Thanks,
--PS

Hi Paul,
the automatic stacking feature finds similar pictures. Most of the time it works well for RAW/JPG files but sometimes (e.g. sunset pictures with a bad automatic white balance assumption for the RAW) it won't find the pairs. You then have to do it manually as you have described it.
In the stacking window you can drag your preferred file to the first position for being the top picture. After creating the stacks you can change the top picture by opening the stack, right clicking on your preferred picture and choosing "Make top picture" (or similar, I have the german version, so I don't know the english menu text) in the stacking sub menu.
I had the same problem and know I decided to move all JPGs to an unmanaged folder, so I won't see all my images doubled and I can stack only those images that I want to stack.
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