Can't uninstall CS3 Flash Trial

I installed the CS3 Flash Trial to check it out, as one does.
I now want to uninstall it halfway through the trial. Unfortunately
when I choose Flash CS3 in my "add or remove items" panel this
Adobe created installer comes up. With this installer I can remove
components but not the program itself. ARH. Does anyone know how I
can do this? Am I missing something here?

Vista 64, error msg:
Scripterror in Internet Explorer
An error has occured on this page
Line: 532
Error: Thrown and not caught
Code: 0
URL: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Installers\4dcfd9b7e901b57f81f667144603236\resources\main.html
Do you want to continue run script on this page?
[ Yes ] [ No ]
Then nothing happens when i press yer or no.
I tried level 1 on CS3script.

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