Sony A100 RAW File processing - How?

I have a Sony A100 and cannot open my RAW files in elements, I have elements 4.0 on Mac.
I am a novice to both dSLR and elements so please forgive me if this is a stupid question ... I have a couple of ARW photos, I tried to open them in elements but the files are greyed out so I cannot select them.
So I then did a bit of research and downloaded a plugin for elements (I believe its for elements and apparently supports A100) thinking that this would allow me to open and process the files - however I get a message from elements saying it does not recognise the file. Any clues as to what I am doing wrong would be very much appreciated.
I am clueless about trying to get these files into elements to process.
thanks!!

Marina,
Did you download Adobe Camera Raw version 3.7 or 4.0? Did you unzip the
file and place the unzipped version in the correct folder? The instructions
are here:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=3611
Juergen

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