How do I install CS2?

Report · Apr 10, 2014

How do I download CS2? I have Windows 7.

Customer "support" tells me there is no way to re-activate my beloved CS - and I must instead install CS2.

CS has been working flawlessly (and I want to keep using it rather than spend time to learn the antique CS2 without a manual) but I lost it when I sent my computer in for a repair. Using my CS discs, I was able to re-install CS easily. But, the openning screen has an "activation" window. Nothing it tells you do do works, I ended up in a customer "support" online chat and was told there is no way the original CS can be activated - and I must download CS2.

The trouble is: the link I was given to do this leads to instructins to "click install later" but I can't find a button to do so.

So, the support person sent me to the Forums with the assurance I would find the help I need here.

I hope thta's true!

Thanks in advance,

John Black

Report · Apr 10, 2014

Google "adobe cs2" and you'll find these links:

http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/creative-suite-2-activation-end-life.html

https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=cs2_downloads

Report · Apr 12, 2014

Hi John,

Thanks for looking at this for me. Unfortunately, you gave me the same link I was having trouble with.

As it turns out, the problem was: I did not realize the first "download link" wasn't a download link at all - it was a pdf file with instructions for post-download installation. When I clicked on the exe links, they downloaded - but I am now having trouble installing the program - got a bad path error and no idea how to fix it. So, I have posted the following as a second question . . .

John Black

I am attempting to install CS2 from a link and have run

into a “bad path” error.

I own Adobe CS (first version) which has been working

perfectly. However, I lost it when I sent my computer in for repair. Yesterday, a customer service rep told me

Adobe is no longer willing to activate CS and I must download a free version of

CS2 which does not require activation. I was given this link

http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/creative-suite-2-act

ivation-end-life.html

https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=cs2_downloads

I have downloaded the files. I clicked the disc 1 exe

file and was asked where I wanted the program files to be placed and clicked on

the default option given . . .

C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe

However, when I

choose it, a pop-up window appeared with this info . . .

“The path you selected for installation contains unsupported

characters. Please choose a different folder for installation.”

When I click on Browse, I don’ t see a likely choice.

Also, the window shows that the entire suite requires

2.62 MB of available space – but the folder suggested ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe)

has 0MB available.

My C Drive has 119MB of total space, with 65.9MB

available.

If it helps . . . CS2 is NOT shown as an installed

program on the control. However, I opened my C Drive and see it has a folder

“Creative Suite CS2” Inside that folder are four files and a sub-folder ”Adobe

Creative Suite 2.0” Inside that folder are 23 files and seven more sub-folders

– each with more files and folders.

Report · Apr 12, 2014

Question duplicated in a separate thread

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1447669

Report · Apr 14, 2014

Locking this discussion.

Johnmackenzieblack please don't post multiple discussions on the same topic. Your discussion at http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1448870 seems to be reaching a conclusion. Please update that discussion as necessary.