Install for CS2 problems

I have worked with CS2 for years (thus the oldest version known to man). Major hard drive error recently, and had to reformat and reload everything. Learned I could no longer activate from my old disks, and was directed to the website for the version that does not require activation. Copies the three principle disks per the instructions, and attempted to reload. It runs through disk one, and then asks for the insertion of disk two. The PDF instructions direct to click "Okay" and double click on the disc 2 image. That simply runs through an installation wizard, which takes about three seconds and then says its finished, but the installation does not continue.
I'm too dumb to figure this out. Can someone smarter than me assist?
Thank you.

extract all three zip files.
move all the extracted files to the same directory.
double cilck setup.

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