Installing Photoshop Elements 5 without a CD

Hi there-
I purchased the Photoshop Elements 5 boxed retail version a few years back. I subsequently bought the Elements 7 upgrade via the Adobe store, and was able to install it on the PC I had already installed Elements 5. I went to install Elements 7 on my new PC (I understand from the license we are allowed 2 installs) but my upgrade serial key doesnt work, I suspect because there is no copy of Elements 5 previously installed on the new computer.
I have lost my initial Elements 5 CD, though I do have everything else including the box, manual and Elements 5 serial key. My question is, is there anyway to install Elements 7 (upgrade) on the new PC without installing 5 first, or is there anyplace I can get another copy of Elements 5, activate it on the new computer, and then activate the Elements 7 upgrade?
As I mentioned, I have serial keys for both the Elements 5 program and the Elements 7 upgrade, just not the Elements 5 CD. I also for what its worth have a copy of Elements 5 on my old PC, but not sure there is any way to 'copy' it over such that it is 'installed' on the new PC.
Thanks.

Hi Throsen,
Definately, PSE 7 serial number is not going to work on PSE 5, so that problem is resolved.
Also, you need not neccesarily have PSE 5 installed on the machine to use PSE 7 Upgrade serial number. So that should be also fine.
The problem here might be the difference in the PSE 7 build and serial number bought. The "Box"/"retail" serial number does NOT work for the PSE 7 trial which is downloaded from the net. In case you have downloaded the PSE 7 "Try and Buy" version, and trying to convert it into Full version, then you have to buy a serial number from the "Buy" button present on the Welcome Screen or follow the link which appears on the trial/serialization screen.
Ifyou have bought the box serial number, then you may have to downaload and run the installer for "Full Version".
There have been many users who reported this issue in PSE7 and i am sure adobe will do something to address this problem in E8 release.
You can reply back, in case something mentioned above doesnt make sense (as it is a bit confusing)
Cheers,
Ankush

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