Install Bridge (CS3) without installing Photoshop?

We use Bridge (with CS3) to work with the metadata for batches of photographs. Problem is, we don't always want to install Photoshop on the workstation. We've tried to merely copy the Bridge (we have a few licenses) to the Applications folder, but it's not without a few problems.
So my question is, is there a way to install and use Bridge without having to install Photoshop itself?
Marty Martino
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Two thoughts immediately come to mind:
• Bridge started out as—and to a great extent still remains—nothing other than Photoshop's Browser. It has changed only its name. Personally, I knpw of no way of installing Bridge without installing Photoshop. Conversely, I know of no way of uninstalling Photoshop harmlessly without also uninstalling Bridge in the process.
• It's absolutely hilarious to read that anybody would ever want to install Bridge CS3 all by itself, as Bridge 2.x in CS3 was probably the worst piece of software ever released by Adobe or by any major software development company. Now, Bridge 3.x and 4.x in CS4 and CS5 respectively I might buy, but Bridge in CS3?
Please!
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