Trying to install photoshop CS6 trial, installer initializes then dissapears

I'm trying to install the photoshop CS6 extended version trial, and when I start the installer, it opens the initializer, the bar fills, then it dissapears and nothing happens. I'm recently upgraded to windows 8.1, the trial used to work fine on windows 7.

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