RAW images in CS3 won't open

I have just started taking RAW images with my Canon camera. I have several CR2 images on my computer that I would like to open in CS3. I am getting an error message that says "Could not complete your request, because it isn't the right document." Can someone please tell me what I need to change in order to get these pics to open in CS3 so that I can work with them?????
Thanks so much...

Photoshop CS3 uses version 4.x of the Camera Raw plug-in, which opens raw files.
What camera is it? Is it newer than your version of Photoshop? Adobe may not have known about the raw format for your camera back then, and they stop updating the Camera Raw plug-in when they do the next major release (which would have been CS4 in your case)
The good news is that prior to that release, they do make updates to the Camera Raw plug-in. You can find the list of supported cameras (along with a link to download the latest Camera Raw update) here:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4040
Look in the Camera Raw 4.6 ReadMe file for the complete list of supported cameras.
-Noel

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