Trouble reinstalling photoshop cs3 after computer crashed

my computer crashed and now i am having trouble reinstalling photoshop cs3 on my computer. prior to the crash, i had saved the software on a cd. when i try to reinstall the software by clicking "run", a new file opens titled "ahmbed.gz" and the setup menu does not open. i have never had this issue before. i am not interested in purchasing an update, i only want to reinstall the version i already have on my computer. if you can please provide step-by-step information on how to solve this problem, it would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!

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Mylenium

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