Application has disappeared, turning into automator workflow

I usually can get to the bottom of a problem like this without any assistance, but this has me stymied.
In my applications folder, I've had and used for years, a Photoshop application pure and simple. But recently, when I tried to access it, I found that it always opened as an Automator workflow (having a reference to the Photoshop app). The Photoshop icon had been replaced with a workflow icon. Get Info on that workflow identifies it as the Photoshop application, with an appropriate size of some 50 MB.
I've used Automator a few times, but not for a long time, and I don't recollect having created a workflow referencing Photoshop. But I thought little of this, as I have two backups of the main
drive and an install disk for the Photoshop.
I did find the Photoshop application on both of the backups. I tried to copy those to the Applications Folder on the main drive, with the maddening result that the Photoshop app turned into an Automator workflow on all three drives!
Using the CD originally used to install Photoshop, I set out to re-install it. But the CD contents (which can't be changed) now show only the Automator workflow!
As the most recent step, I trashed Automator on one drive, but that made no difference whatsoever -- except now I get an Alert saying that the workflow file cannot be opened on this machine.
What on earth might be going on here?

Get Info on that workflow identifies it as the Photoshop application, with an appropriate size of some 50 MB.
Hmmm, my Adobe Photoshop CS3.app is 59.3MB inside the Package contents, but 217MB for the Package Adobe Photoshop CS3.app
I think you have some corruption, how much I don't know, but...
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions...
Reset Launch Services...
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/resetlaunchservices.html#Anchor-Reset-47857
Reboot.
PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.

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