Opening PhotoCD images in CS4

I have a few old PhotoCDs I'd like to import into Lightroom or open into Photoshop. CS4 does not have that option in the normal "open" box. I did some Internet searches on the topic and one said Adobe included the command as a Goodie in CS3.
I put my original CS4 disk in the DVD drive and got the option to install Photoshop, I didn't click OK fearing it would immediately start overwriting the current install.
So, here are a couple of questions:
1. Is there a Goodie in CS4 to load that will allow me to open old PhotoCD images?
2. If so, when I start the "Install Photoshop" command on the DVD, will I get a seconadary screen allowing me to pick goodies to add?
3. If I have a CD with lots of PhotoCD files, it there a quick and easy way to download all of them as a batch?
All things considered, I'd probably only really need the command to be able to open or import a single file off a CD. I have one of the Corel Mega Collections of Images and I seem to recall them being photo CDs.
Thanks,
M. Jackson

Hello all,
I think I found all the info I need with the help of this forum and the "related posts" on the right of the screen after I posted the question.
According to one of the threads, the old plug-in in CS3 still works in CS4, so I pulled out the old disks and found the plugin in the Goodies folder and followed the instructions in the ReadMe file. I now have PCD in my Open list.
I'll try it out on one of the disks on my desk.
The Corel Collection 1 consisted of roughly 100 CDs. I doubt I'd ever want to convert all of them, but I'd hate to totally loose access to the files on them.
It would be nice if Adobe would go ahead and include the plug-in for all future releases, even if most responses have stated it is a dead file format.
Thanks again to all,
M. Jackson

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