Why is my Creative Suite Program requiring Windows to run?

I purchased the Creative Suite Student & Teachers Edition today. The download just finished, and when I tried to open the program, it displayed an error and said that I couldn't open the program because it required Windows to run and I'm on a Mac. When I purchased Lightroom a few weeks ago, there was a separate download option for Mac's, but I can't seem to find that on the Creative Suite. Does anyone know anything about this?

Contact support if you have been given a wrong platform download link. Otehrwise you can use the trial version and activate it with your serial.
Mylenium

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STEP 1:
FOUND MY PROBLEM (or half of it.)
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I clicked Adobe in program files.
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