"You cannot open the application "Adobe Photoshop CS5.1" Because it isnotsupportedon this architectu

I have a Mac OS 10.5.8, 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, and although I have succesfully installed the photoshop files, they will not open. When I try to open it the comptuer says "You cannot open the application "Adobe Photoshop CS5.1" because it is not supported by this architecture." Does anyone know what the hell this means or what I should do? Thanks

Emmasrisd has it ever worked on this computer previously?  If so what has changed did you install new software or make any upgrades to the computer?  Have you also tried removing the software and reinstalling?  If so did you receive any error messages during the installation process?  Finally if you have tried to uninstall did you remove the program using the uninstaller located in Applications/Utilities/Adobe Installers.

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