Unable to open "old" DRM-protected e-book

I own an "old" DRM-protected ebook, which I bought a few years
ago.  I tried to open it with Adobe Digital Editions 2-0, but
it is unable to.  the error message says
     unable to open mybook.pdf
     errors were encountered in this item
[i am running Windows XP.]

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Version 1.7.2, it is a little difficult to find, available on Adobe site for Windows and for Mac.
http://helpx.adobe.com/digital-editions/kb/cant-install-digital-editions.html
The forum software is sometimes corrupting the link above.  There shouldn't be a blank in 'editio ns.html'.  The following redirects to the same page: http://tinyurl.com/diged172
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