Error 1402 attempting to uninstall PS Elements 6

I am trying to uninstall PhotoShop Elements 6 in order to upgrade to PS Elements Premier 9. Like a multitude of other Adobe product users and other install, uninstall and upgrade attempts for a variety of Adobe products, my PSE 6 uninstall efforts all fail with an Error 1402.Could not open <registry> key: <in this case> HKEY_CURRENT_USER32\Software\Classes\PhotoshopElements.Application.6\shell\launch. According to its header, this message is being issued by Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 - Setup.
The single instruction on this pop-up is "Verify that you have sufficient access to that key, or contact your support personnel." My userid has ADMINISTRATOR authority for my system, so my only option is to 'contact support personnel', which apparently are only reachable through these forums.
Like many others who have reported Error 1402 and similar registry-oriented errors, I too am runing Windows Vista with 64-bit capability. I don't know if that is truly relevant or not, but 'support personnel' certainlly should know that by now, as these problems have been reported against many Adobe products since 2006.
What I can tell you is that my registry does not contain any keys that are qualified by 'USER32'. I have only 'USER', no 'USER32' in my registry. That begs the question: Why, then, is PSE 6 Setup EXPECTING a key with a USER32 qualifier?
Also, when I press 'OK' - the only option from the aforementioned pop-up - the text in the next Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 - Setup screen states: "The wizard was inerrupted before Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 could be completely installed." Is Adobe's Install Wizard confused? I am trying to UNinstall PSE 6, not INSTALL it. Or is this just a poorly worded generic, catch-all panel that just adds to an already confusing situation?
I am extrely disappointed that AFTER FOUR YEARS a company with the stature of Adobe has been unable to fix this problem once and for all or at the very least provide step-by-step cookbook instructions on how to deal with it.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, Adobe support, give me a quick and accurate fix for this problem! If such instructions already exist, please point me to them, because from my perspective this problem is so generic that it is impossible to nail down with a forum search argument.
Thank you.

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