Bothersome Microsoft Office Setup Assistant

I can't open up any of my microsoft programs.
Whenever I try to open up Word, Powerpoint, or Excel on my mac, the Microsoft Office Setup Assistant pops up and asks me if i would like to like to give feedback for the Customer Experience Improvement Program. Regardless of whether I choose to decline or accept, it brings me to a "Get Started" menu from which the only option is to click "Finish" which brings up Microsoft AutoUpdate. Regardless of whether I update or not, the program i chose to open never opens up. Every time I try to re-open the program, setup assistant pops up again and the cycle continues.
How the heck do I get it to go away??
Thank you!

You might try the Microsoft Office for Mac forums:
http://www.officeformac.com/ProductForums/
Personally, my install went fine on two Macs (I declined the feedback option, let AutoUpdate run and install the updates, then I was good to go).
Did you install Office 2008 over any previous versions of MS Office?
You might try repeating the install - first, go to Applications > Microsoft Office 2008 > Additional Tools and run Remove Office.

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