Running Photoshop Elements (1) on Windows 8

I'm sure folks by now know that older Photoshop Elements doesn't install on Windows 8. (I think it's version 1, as no version is given on the package, and I bought it a long time ago from the Adobe store via a friend at Adobe who is not longer around.) The installer tells me that it needs at least Internet Explorer 4. Although I installed a clean copy of Windows 8 64, I still have Windows 7 32 installed, with the original Elements in Program Files. If I run the old executable, it tells me it can't find the personal information, or something.
My question is: Are there registry keys and/or files I could copy over to my Windows 8 installation that would let me run my old Photoshop Elements?
I tried copying just the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Photoshop Elements\1.0 registry key, but that didn't work.
Basically, I don't really want to buy the software again, as I'm just a light user, and I was perfectly happy with the old version, which cost me about the same as the 11 upgrade.
Thanks.
-John

Okay, now that you got the recommendation for a new product out of the way, please continue with your original thought: Before we go into how you might get pse1 to work on windows 8
I'm in the same boat. New computer, Win8, trying to get PSE1 to install. My hard drive is 320GB. Every time I try to install, an error message tells me I need IE4.0 or newer. I tried changing compatibility to all the other available (older) options, but still get the same error.
So I'm interested in the secret magic trick to make this happen!
Thanks.

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Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 14:57:39 -0700
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Subject: Problems installation Photoshop Elements 8 on Windows 7
Re: Problems installation Photoshop Elements 8 on Windows 7 created by Jeff A Wright in Downloading, Installing, Setting Up - View the full discussion
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