Photoshop CS2/Elements 4 install problems!

This has been bugging me since I got both programs; whenever I attempt to install them, when it tries to install "shared items", it says a "required file is missing", and then tells me to restart the installation. I have no idea what this "required" file is, all I know is that no matter how many times I try to install either Elements or CS2, I get the same problem.
Has anyone else had this problem, and if so, what's the missing required file?
Thanks in advance

In as much as the two applications are third party you might want to post over in the Adobe forum support web site. What required file is missing?

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