"License for this product has stopped working." CS4

The hard drive on my MacBook Pro recently crashed, and when I restored all of my previous info from Time Machine, my CS4 applications wouldn't open and I got the error message above.
I tried to follow the advice from Adobe Support here: Error "Licensing has stopped working" | Windows
Unfortunately, the first step didn't work for me because the License Recovery App for Macs is too old to be run by my system (Mac OSX 10.9.3). The other options all seem to be geared towards a PC.
Reinstalling from the discs is not an option, because I received the software (legally) as part of work I was doing on behalf of a school system, and no longer have access to the discs. I do have the serial number still, but seemingly no place where I can input it.
Can anyone help me here?

Mylenium,
Before downloading CS4 again, how do I uninstall the versions that are currently on my Mac?
Many thanks for your help!

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