IL2 Sturmovik windows 7 installation-newbie

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I have read posts in this forum that windows 7 installation issues can be fixed by moving the game to a C:\games folder. I copied all of the files from the CD to C:\il2 then double clicked setup.exe. Nothing happens. Frankly, I'm not sure I am on the right forum because the CD is from UBISOFT, not 1C company. UBISOFT's forum says to run the "a" file on the CD,but there is no such file. I also tried setting compatibility to WIN95, which the CD says is supported. No joy.

Thanks for any help!