How to remove PSE 2 from a Mac?

Several years ago I purchased Photoshop Elements 2 on a CD and installed it on my Macintosh (OS X). Recently the program began acting oddly, saying "The command you entered could not be completed because the file is locked" even when the file was clearly not locked, and even when I had not selected any commands.
Two weeks ago I purchased an Epson scanner and it came with a CD of Photoshop Elements. Assuming that it was a newer version, I installed it from the CD. (It was in fact PSE 2). Now when I try to launch the application I get the splash screen, a message about loading plugins, brushes, fonts, etc., then the program crashes. "The application Photoshop Elements 2 has unexpectedly quit" appears on the screen. I have tried reinstalling from the older CD and the newer CD, moving the application folder to the trash and reinstalling, hunting down and removing the Adobe preference files and application support files both in my user account's Library and the root directory's Library, copying in the files from my backup drive, all to no avail. There is no Uninstaller on the CD.  
Can you tell me how to remove all remnants of this program from my Mac so that I can install it anew and use it? 
My operating system is OS X 10.4.11 "Tiger".

I have followed your advice, but the problem persists.
I trashed the application, the original user account preference files, the hard drive Library application support files for Photoshop Elements, and everything else Spotlight could find with Photoshop or PS2 in its name. I created a new user account, installed the application from the CD, and repaired Permissions. Launching the application brought up the splash screen, loaded all of the paintbrushes etc., then "The application Photoshop Elements quit unexpectedly". The Report file begins with the following information:
     Command: Photoshop Elements 2.0
     Path:    /Applications/Adobe Photoshop Elements 2/Photoshop Elements 2.0/Contents/MacOS/Photoshop Elements 2.0
     Parent: WindowServer [14119]
     Version: 2.0 (2.0)
     PID:    14222
     Thread: 0
     Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
     Codes:      KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000000
and goes on to list more details in Unix-speak.
Do you have any other ideas to try?

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