no camera raw with elements 7

[operatorcamera]

hi,ive just bought a new computer and a new e620 dslr.my previous running programe for my old computer was windows xp and i was using adobe cs3 as my editing programe.i have tried to load cs3 onto my new computer and it won`t accept it.my current computer is running on vista.in desparation i purchased elements 7 electronically on line.unfortunately it dos`nt appear to be complimented with camera raw.would be grateful for any help.i hate shooting jpeg.
trevor.

[squishy]

i'd go for making an effort to find out why CS3 wont install on vista.

there are so many issues with vista that there are forums dedicated to help with this kind of thing

one question, is it 32 or 64bit vista you're running?

[operatorcamera]

i don`tknow what the significance is but its a 64 bit system.
trevor.

[big bill]

Hello trevor I run vista on my pc and operate CS3 and have no problems installing or un-installing then re-installing ,I would persist in your attempts at getting it installed .
What I would do is check in your program files that all elements of Adobe is deleted then try again,best of luck with it

[Ollie]

Originally Posted by operatorcamera

i purchased elements 7 electronically on line.unfortunately it dos`nt appear to be complimented with camera raw.would be grateful for any help.i hate shooting jpeg.
trevor.

Elements 7 should support raw files. I run Elements 7 with vista and my version supports raw.

[Stinky Bob]

Originally Posted by Ollie

Elements 7 should support raw files. I run Elements 7 with vista and my version supports raw.

Yep I can confirm this as well, I was on the electronic version of Elements 7 (Trial) on Vista (Business) and it worked with RAW without issue, have since got the disk version of Elements 8.

If your error is similar to this:
When trying to install Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended Trial on Windows Vista the installation would start and after a second the window would close and disappear.
then
at a command prompt (run as administrator) try this

Type
regsvr32 JScript.DLL press enter

[Jon]

I have had similar problems. Once you install PSE 7 go to the Help area on the toolbar - the uploads and you will be able to upload RAW 5.5 this shuld sort out your problem.
I had problems with CS3 when going to Vista, that was why I bought PSE7. I would not recommend using the organiser or browser in PSE7, I ended up losing a lot of images I don't know where they went.
I suggest you download Neat Image for a browser it is very intuitive and FAST and you can use it to launch directly in to PSE 7 in Camera RAW. It is particularly good for downloading and prioritising images for subsequent processing in PSE 7.

Jon

[operatorcamera]

thanks guys for all the advice although it did tend to confuse me somewhat.in the end i went for the simplest of solutions and tried big bills method.i uninstalled all the elements of cs3 and tried the installation again and lo and behold it worked.thanks again for all the friendly advice and a special thankyou to big bill.don`t understand it really,because i had tried it three times previously.
trevor.

[big bill]

Hello Trevor glad you got your CS3 working thats the problem if some of the files are left in the folders they can cause conflict when trying to re-instal the programm again its always a good idea to go into the C drive and clear out all trace of the appropiate program before re-installing checking that all traces have been removed .