Nice to see this available.

http://www.nikonimglib.com/nefcodec/

 

This will allow the Vista file system to handle the Nikon RAW files gracefully as it would for other formats. From one of our internal mails:

If you shoot RAW and plug in a Nikon camera to your Vista box, the photo acquisition process will import your .NEF files, then launch Photo Gallery. Photo Gallery will notice it doesn’t have a codec installed, and vector you off to the Nikon site to get one. Once you install it, Photo Gallery allows you to work with your RAW files the same as your jpegs.

 

For technical information on Windows Imaging Components, visit here.