PSE6 Vista Instalation Problem

[Garth]

Here is what has been going on. I have been trying to install this program for THREE DAYS. I got the bundle for Elements 6 and Premier Elements 4.

Elements 4 is installed and ready. But Elements 6 isn't too good.

I have it downloaded and have run the exe file that was downloaded. Here is what this box says in the installer

The downloaded files must be extracted before you can use them. Please specify a folder for the extracted files to be placed in. If the folder does not exist, it will be created for you.

It says by default for the location "\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 6.0"

If I go ahead and click next this box pops up.

A problem ocured while creating the destination folder. Please check the folder permissions or choose a different folder.

So I go ahead and choose my own folder. C:\Users\Garth

I clikc next and this pops up

A problem occured while extracting some files. Check available space on your computer and the write privilages on the destination folder.

This can't be right. For one, it's MY folder. And two, I've got 59 GB of space! (I share this computer with 3 people)

I'm running windows vista as an administrator. I've tried this on the original admin and it still happens.

If someone can help, please do so.


-Garth

[Brob]

I also cannot get it to open in Vista. Even the Adobe instruction on the support site are not helping. I am not as far along as you are so I am going to keep an eye on your post and hopefully you will get some answers that will help me as well.
Bridget

[Garth]

Wait, you need to download it and can't find it? When you try to save it it should move it automatically (thanks to Vista). It also asks if you want to open that folder. Clcik yes. Once it's done downloading click the refresh button in the folders. Then run the PE6 file.

[jgarvas]

I downloaded the PSE6 trial last weekend and had no problem installing it in a Vista Premium installation on a new Dell (about two weeks old).

I had purchased PSE6 and didn't want to wait for it to show up. I did run into a problem when the purchased version showed up. You can't put the license key from a purchased box into the downloaded trial, so I had to remove that from the new Add Remove Programs (hidden in the Control Panel under a new name I can't recall at the moment)

I then installed PSE6 from CD along with the PE4 and it went smoothly.

I'm not sure if this is a Premium vs. non-premium issue. I'm also not very well versed in Vista yet to know what I'm talking about, but maybe you need to right click on the install EXE and tell it to run as Administrator. Good luck! I'm impressed with what I've seen so far, but I am by far a noob to PSE.