Disk Warrior refuses to install on any mac computer

Have tried getting help from alsoft... no luck.
Anyone know how to install disk warrior on my hard drive without getting the stupid corrupted prefs file warning?
first, there is no pref file... second... how can it be corrupted if it doesn't exist? I get the same error trying to install it on any computer ( which obviously doesn't have a pref file setup yet for disk warrior).
Is this a built in bug in that disk warrior always gives the same installation warning no matter which mac I install it on?
I paid $136 for Disk Warrior, can't return it and it will not install on an imac, ibook running either panther or leopard.
Anyone know of a good fire sale for this piece of crap software? Sorry I even bought it.
How can I force disk warrior to install on any mac computer?

It says there is a corrupted prefs file for Disk Warrior. Funny since there was no previous install and no such file exists... please explain how that could be?
After paying $136 I do have a right to rant for poorly designed software that won't install since it means I'm out a lot of money for something that won't work. That is unless Alsoft wants to provide a refund... they didn't respond after I asked for a refund to return the software so I'll take that as a, "NO!" Buyer beware!
I do live in Canada. We are still paying more for software than in the US. I have version 4.1 and it is for intel and power pc (neither installation worked for a week).
As stated, after trying a week later and ejecting the CD before installing into my utilities folder.... suddenly the installation worked. Maybe they should have a line that says eject CD first before installing if that is an issue?
Still no idea why it wouldn't install but obviously other people are going to run into similar problems at some point in time. For a product that has a lot of hype about it being so great, obviously there are some bugs to work out.

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