Free Trial won't install

Last week I downloaded the free trial version of Adobe InDesign but my computer's operating system was too old to install/run the program. Today I upgraded my operating system from Mac OSX 10.4 to 10.6 and attempted to re-install the InDesign program but I was unable to. First the install assistant said that it was already running on my computer but I couldn't find the application anywhere on my harddrive. Then I uninstall the program in the hopes that I could reinstall it but even then it no longer gave me the option to install it. What can I do to make it work? I'm unable to re-download the free trial because it says I already have the program registered to my email/computer.

Run the Creative Suite Cleaner Tool and try again.
Mylenium

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