Help Adobe CS4 Web Pre on iMac

Unable to install CS4 on my iMac OS10.10
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I just downloaded and "installed" it from the web.  This time, the only thing that actually installed successfully was Acrobat... but it wouldn't open until I had opened one of the other Adobe applications first.  I reinstalled the entire package to no avail.
Could this have anything to do with the fact that I originally purchased this as a student through the Adobe Education program?  Nowhere have I been asked whether I am still a student.  Would the license simply have expired?  This is so bizarre.  You would think I'd at least get a message telling me this is what's going on, but the programs won't even install (from download) or open (after installation from disc).
And yeah, the 1984 "last modified" date is super bizarre!  This is the craziest software issue I've ever dealt with.

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