Uninstall/install of CS2 on windows 7

I have installed the the CS2 from the CD's, and when it came to Activation of the CS2 it was not possible due to a sever at Adobe that are not in place anymore, and the phone activation are closed.
I got through the website a link that said
Uninstall old
Install the downloaded version
I got the link https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=cs2_downloads from Adobe "support", downloadet the SW and...
I tried to uninstall.... but got this message
Adobe Creative Suite 2 installer
The installer could not start because the following reasons:
Missing or invalide personalization information
Missing resources library
My question are now how to uninstall the CS2 installed from the CD

Manually remove Adobe Creative Suite 2.x | Windows
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2. Create a temporary folder on your desktop. Call it something like TempCS2.
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