Photoshop 6.0 installer will not start

Photoshop v6.0 (Venus in Furs)
PC OS: Windows XP and now Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
An elderly relative has asked me for some help.
He has a CD of Photoshop v6.0 that was initially installed on his Windows XP computer. This worked well for a number of years until Microsoft ceased support for XP. He then purchased a new PC from a local PC supplier who backed-up all of his personal data and transferred it to his new machine that is running Windows 7 64bit. At the same time the technician installed his CD of Photoshop v6.0 which seemed to work well. He informs me that lately Photoshop seemed to be running slowly so he UN-installed it. Now when he tries to re-install it the install screen appears but when he clicks to install nothing happens. Initially there is some hard drive activity but no activity from the CD ROM drive. He has browsed the CD and clicked the install.exe but the problem is the same, no install. I am also assured that his CD/DVD RW drive is in fully working order.
Why won't Photoshop install?

Please have a look here:
Re: Any new help for the standard bug "Installer failed to initialize" for CS6?
Perhaps the same problem?
Best regards --Gernot Hoffmann

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