Complete idiots guide required....

<p>Good evening<br>

I have brought a new PC running Windows 7. It came with Photoshop Elements 7 preinstalled. However the camera raw plug-in is version 5.2. I wish to update it to 5.6 so it can read my Canon 5D Mk II files. (I wish to have a backup raw converter to DPP) <br>

Loading Elements 7, clicking "Help","Updates" and downloading does not work. Instead, I downloaded ACR Ver 5.7 directly from Adobe direct and saved it to my computer<br>

Unfortunately I do not understand how to manually load it up into Elements 7<br>

My question is...how do I manually replace ACR 5.2 with ACR 5.6 in Elements 7?<br>

Please remember I am not a computer geek so apologies if this is a dumb question...<br>

robert7111a</p>

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<p>"Loading Elements 7, clicking "Help","Updates" and downloading does not work."</p>

<p>Could you be more precise about WHAT didn't work ? Did it open a web page and take you to Adobe ? Did it start a download ? If it did, did you find what it saved and where it was ? Often, updates get saved , but don't put themselves in the program, until you double click on them and "launch" the updates installer program. The installer could be called anything, such as "updater" to " Installer" to something with a long name like "PSEUpdate052010" or something.</p>

<p>Give us some more details, and we'll get you up to speed.</p>

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<p>Umesh. I am not a PC expert. What do you mean the setup.exe file?<br>

John W. I thought my explanation was quite thorough. In Elements 7, clicking on "Help", "Updates" etc means the updates begin to load, get 90% done - then I get a message to the effect of "A program wants access to your computer". When I click "Allow", the updates crash and I get a message to the effect of "Updates could not be loaded". I seem to remember somebody telling me that Elements was "crippled" in this respect.<br>

This is why I mention in my next paragraph that I downloaded ACR 5.6 directly from the Adobe website. I have the zip folder on my desktop which brings me back to my original question:<br>

How do I manually replace ACR 5.2 with ACR 5.6 in Elements 7 (without messing it up)<br>

A constructive step by step guide from anyone would be most useful (and encouraging)<br>

Many thanks<br>

robert7111a</p>

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<p>One usually would go to the Adobe site and search for the update. I found it at this address:</p>

<p>http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4624</p>

<p>You should be able to download it and apply it.</p>

<p>Robert,<br>

First make sure PS Elements is not running before taking these steps.<br>

1. You need to extract the files from the ZIP-file; in Windows 7, right-click the file and select 'extract all'. You will get a folder with the same name as the ZIP. In there should be a file called 'Camera RAW.8bf'.<br>

2. Now, open the folder <em>c:\program files\adobe\photoshop elements 7.0\Plug-Ins\File Formats</em>. In that folder, you will see a file called 'Camera RAW.8bf'. Copy this file to a safe location on your hard drive (it is ACR5.2).<br>

3. Take the 'Camera RAW' file from the extracted files, copy it to this location, overwriting the old one. Restart Photoshop Elements, open a RAW file to verify whether it now loaded 5.6.</p>

<p>Note, in case of emergency, copy back the original ACR5.2 file. If Windows ask for permission to write the files to the folder of Photoshop Elements, allow it.</p>

<p>Not entirely related:</p>

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<p>I get a message to the effect of "Updates could not be loaded". I seem to remember somebody telling me that Elements was "crippled" in this respect.</p>

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<p>Complete nonsens. A lot of people yell PS Elements is crippled, but a lot of those critics seem to not have used it a lot. So pinches of salt come in handy when Photoshop users make claims on the little brother.</p>

<p>Wouter<br>

Thanks for your comprehensive response. However I must be doing something wrong. I started following your instructions but at 2): I opened my computer and typed in what you wrote - however the computer came up with the following error message: "windows could not find the file "c:\programfiles\adobe\photoshopelements7.0\Plug-ins\FileFormats"<br>

Where do I go from here...?<br>

Sorry to sound dumb..<br>

robert7111a</p>