Can't Reinstall Photoshop CS3

I am on Leopard 10.5.2. I had the Photoshop PS3 trial edition, which expired. Then I got the full CS3 Web Premium, and when I installed it said Photoshop was already installed. But when I went to license it, it said the license code was invalid. So I trashed the Photoshop folder from /Applications, emptied the trash and restarted the installer to try reinstalling it from the DVD.
But now I realize there is an *uninstaller* that I apparently should have used.
I am stuck right now in a situation where the installer says Photoshop is already installed, so I can't reinstall it, but since I trashed it, it won't let me uninstall it either.
Anybody have any suggestions? Sigh.

I had a user do this here a the College I work at, this is what you need to do:
Go back to Adobe's website and Download the trial version, once you do this you will see in Applications/Utilities/Adobe Installers/Add or Remove Adobe....
Run the Add or Remove program for the trial version, once you have done this you can then go ahead and install your licensed version and register it.
Sasha

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