Adobe CS2 Suite on Tiger keeps quitting

Hey guys!
I really don't know what topic to post this under but here goes:
I'm on a MacPro running OSX Tiger. My problem is with my Adobe Creative Suite CS2 software. I've had it installed for a while, but programs starting "quitting unexpectedly" if another CS2 software was open. If I have InDesign open, the I open Photoshop, InDesign will quit. If I have Photoshop open, then open Illustrator, Photoshop will quit. It used to just do it every once in a while--but recently it's gotta worse and does it every time. It's very frustrating as a designer having to restart each program every time I need to use it! It seems to only happen with Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator. Acrobat doesn't ever quit.
I've unistalled and reinstalled the entire Suite and it's still happening.
Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks in advance for your time!
Sheila

In Applications>Utilities, you'll find Disk Utility, run that then Verify the HD, if it needs repair you'll need to either...
Boot off your install CD/DVD, look for Utilities in tme Menubar after selecting Language & run Disk Utilty to Repair the HD from there.
Boot into Single User mode by holding CMD+s while booting, once the DOS like prompt shows up, type fsck -fy, (the spach after fsck is important), and repeat that until no more errors.
3rd way coming up last.
Permissions can be repaired after fixing the HD with Disk Utility in either place also.
Apple's Hardware Test is on the install DVD, insert it, reboot, hold doen the d key while booting.
Last but not least, Applejack...
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19596
After installing, reboot holding down CMD+s, then when the prompt shows, type in...
applejack AUTO
Then let it do all 5 of it's things.
At least it'll eliminate some questions if it doesn't fix it.
The 5 things it does are...
Correct any Disk problems.
Repair Permissions.
Clear out Cache Files.
Repair/check several plist files.
Dump the VM files for a fresh start.
PS. I'd uninstall the Adobe APPs first, reinstall them once everything is cleaned up, repair permissions after install again.
Also, if you can keep rough track of any errors while the Disk or Permissions are fixed, it may help if we have further problems

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