Photoshop 5.0 Won't Open

Suddenly my Photoshop will not launch. The main screen opens and will not build at all. I have an old version - Photoshop 5.0 and I have Windows XP vs. 2002 with service pack 3 on a 3 year old Dell with Pentium 2.8 GHz, 1 GB RAM. These are the steps I have taken: delete the Preferences file, disk clean and defrag, and system reset back two weeks. I also tried creating a new user account and logging on and launching on that acct - did not work.
Finally I decided to try uninstall and reinstall and then discovered that there seems to be no way to uninstall. If I go to Control Panel, Photoshop is not even listed on my currently installed products even though it shows my Adobe Flash Player, Reader, and Page Mill. I checked in the folder where it is installed and there is no uninstall program. I have noticed one strange item - each time I try to launch and then do Ctrl, Alt Delete to get to the Task Manager I note that Photoshop is listed TWICE in the applications list. Could it be trying to launch two versions at once?
I'd appreciate any assistance - launching or uninstalling.

Update:
The solution I came up with works well in WinXP!
Here are some additional tips for you:
1) Boot-up/Restart (warm or cold) into your "Photoshop" user account with the clean desktop.
2) Open Photoshop 5.0, and keep it open in this account.
3) 'Switch' back to your regular user account (don't exit the Photoshop program, nor close out the "Photoshop" user account).
4) Don't install or load any other programs to your "Photoshop" user desktop, except the Photoshop.exe shortcut.
You can switch back and forth between your regular and Photoshop user accounts at will. I've had Photoshop 5.0 open continuously for several days in my "Photoshop" user account, and switched back and forth several times to my regular user account (the very one that I sent this message from!).
If you close Photoshop 5.0, or log-off your "Photoshop" user account, you may have to restart your computer (#1 above) to gain access to the program again. You will know, because the original problem will reappear, i.e., the Photoshop gray interface will show up on your screen, but the program will not load.
Regards,
Jon
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