Reading RAW files from Canon EOS 550D

I take pictures in RAW and process them with Elements 8.  I had no problems when using a Canon EOS 1000D but now that I am using a 550D Elements is not reading the files.  It is not just that it will not open them - it does not even read them as files.
I know that the camera is capturing good files, and that they are transfering to the computer because I can read them with the Canon utility Digital Photo Professional.
What do I need to do in order to get Elements to recognise my files?

I purchased PSE8 and installed it then ran the download 5.7 and discovered it still does not work by putting the Camera Raw.8bi file into the Photoshop Elements 8.0 Plug ins file as detailed on Adobe's instructions. It still would not import the raw files.  I then discovered another method through another helpful thread to place it as follows:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\Elements 8\File Formats\Camera Raw.8bi
This works!  The only downside is that when you open the editor from the organiser you get a bad command box saying that it does not like the Camera Raw.8bi file in this location, but if you ignore this message it still proceeds to open the editor and you can proceed as normal. I have tried to put the Camera Raw.8bi into the other Plug-In files to see if it behaves better without any luck, so if anyone has any further ideas to stop this bad command box then everything will be as it is meant to be!
To be honest this update has been available for months so its also up to Adobe to pull their finger out and get it corrected because they are still giving the same instructions for newer updates as well.
I hope this helps somebody !!
Shaun.

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