Adobe CS6 'Installer failed to initialize' on Windows 7. Help!

I downloaded the Adobe Extended CS6 from Adobe.com on to my Windows 7 (HP) Dell laptop on 64bit.
After unpacking the downloaded file, I tried to run the installer but got the message - 'Installer failed to initialize'. It tells me to dowload the Adobe Support Advisor but the program is no longer available. See- Adobe - Adobe Support Advisor
This new link just gives generic links. (Thanks for that Adobe!)
In trying to fix this, I have uninstalled all Adobe Cloud/Flash software and ran the Adobe Creative Cloud Cleaner and CCleaner tools. And yet the problem persists.
I've lost half a day trying to fix this, so if there's anyone out there who can help I'd be very grateful!

Is your user profile on the C: drive? How about the Temp directory?
You'll probably also find this KB article helpful: Troubleshoot with install logs | CS5, CS5.5, CS6, CC

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I tried cutting and pasting the opm.db file to the desktop as recommended in one thread. Still the CC installer fails to initialize. Any one found a fix yet?

Hola
Had you try this yet?
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Rename OOBE to OOBE_old located at C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe
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