Do I need to worry about Adobe Application Support Folder?

Running Photoshop CS5 standard on Mac (snow leopard) on top of Photoshop CS4.  Ran into some problems with Adobe Bridge and thinking there might be a conflict between the two Photoshop versions I uninstalled Photoshop CS4 (apparently not smart).  Now on launching Photoshop CS5 a window appears with warning something like: missing files in Adobe Application Support Folder, use Photoshop installer to re-install PhotoshopCS5. Tech support tells me to deactivate Photoshop CS5 then uninstall it and reinstall from the Web where I downloaded it in the first place.
Questions:  Should I care about this at all?  How about reinstalling Photoshop CS4 (I have the disc)?  Can I just download the Adobe Application Support Folder?
I undated CS5 just now but it didn't fix the "problem".

luchiangelo wrote:
…Tech support tells me to deactivate Photoshop CS5 then uninstall it and reinstall from the Web where I downloaded it in the first place.
That is very sound advice.  Do it.
luchiangelo wrote:
…Questions:  Should I care about this at all? …
Yes, unless you don't want to run any Adobe applications any more.
luchiangelo wrote:
… How about reinstalling Photoshop CS4 (I have the disc)?
It probably won't even let you install CS4 over CS5.  You would have to uninstall CS5 first.
luchiangelo wrote:
… Can I just download the Adobe Application Support Folder?…
Nope; there's nowhere you could "download it" from.
Just follow the advice of Tech Support.
Wo Tai Lao Le
我太老了

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