Why has my CS2 Creative Suite suddenly not working?

I have been using my Adobe Creative Suite CS2 on this computer for a couple of years now, but I recently got a message stating a serious error had occurred and I would need to reinstall. I have tried to reinstall twice, but still get the same message. Why can't I reinstall this program?

I do not remember there being an uninstaller for CS2, just toss into trash. You can try the cleaner app:
http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html
and then re-installing. I think CS 2 did not have universal applications nor universal installers. There have been many complaints about CS 2 installers on modern Mac OS computers. The installers and applications were not designed with Snow Leopard in mind. You might have to switch to an older OS, install CS2, then update to Snow Leopard again.
If you want to try something less drastic, you could try to Archive and Install Snow Leopard, but don't hold up much hope for that.
Of course you could update to the Creative Cloud.

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