PS CS 4 my extract filter keeps disappearing - help?

I'm using Photoshop CS 4 for OS X, and a fortnight ago I d/l the goodies that contained the extract filter, and although the extract filter stayed in place (in my filters) for a time (a short time), after which it has now disappeared. I don't want to have to keep going back to my desktop, choosing "goodies, etc" and replacing the extract filter - now the correct d/l file that I have on my desktop is grayed out - it's PHSPCS4...t_ls1.dmg - so I was only able to select it in Photoshop > Preferences > Plug Ins only 1 time and no longer after that one time (in order to replace it after it has disappeared from my Filters.)
And when I finally do get that extract back (which I need help with in getting it back as I've been unable to do - see above), how do I make it stay put in my filters for as long as I have my photoshop installed on my computer?
Thanks in advance.

Tai Lao wrote:
What Christoph is trying to tell you is that you actually need to mount that disk image by double clicking on the icon of the dmg file.  The contents of the disk image is what you need to install, not the dmg file itself.
Thank you so much! I could not understand what Chris meant about that dmg file. I took your advice and double clicked on the icon of the dmg file, trying to install the extract plus filter, but I got this message (see screenshot)
Next, I tried to open the dmg file > English > goodies > filters, but they're still grayed out (see screenshot)
Having got my first MacBook Pro in July of 2009, I am still a fairly new, first-time mac user. So you guys may have to spell things out for me, please?

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