Problems running P/Shop CS4 are rampant in the Adobe forums, but loads of users like myself were forced to upgrade or lose eligibility - Adobe limits how old your version can be to qualify.
They did however remove the original, DreamWeaver post - lucky for me someone remembered & posted about it. To add insult, the problem was caused by registry keys under ie's User Agent key, had to be put back for ie7 to work properly after install, & was reported with DreamWeaver CS4 Beta, yet Adobe neither fixed it or included it in the list of known problems. CS4 installation problems are common enough that Adobe has set aside a section of their site just for that, & their forum search, where I eventually found an answer, is ridiculous - filtering doesn't work correctly, so I had to wade thru pages of post headings, reading anything that sounded promising before I found the cure.
the DVD for CS4 doesn't even include a PDF manual, & there's no book included. The location might be the Program Files folder (Windows) or the Application folder (Mac OS).Some things it seems you can only do in P/Shop - it can really help with DVD menus in some authoring programs, in fact DVDA makes it harder on you if you don't use it. The app will be installed in the same location where the user’s application is normally installed.Users may also launch Photoshop as users normally launch any app on their desktop.If the user may launch their new app, they have to search the photoshop icon in the Apps panel and press the open button.This app will handle the rest of the installation process. The “Adobe Creative Cloud ” desktop app appears on the screen.If the user is not signed in, they will be asked to sign in with their Adobe ID and the password will be given by the user as per instructions.Locate the photoshop > press the download option.
If they want they can install it on their PC (desktop or laptop). Users must have to download the photoshop application from the authenticated website (i.e. Here, the user may purchase a complete, photography, or a single-app plan.