Can I disable "Setup Assistant" at start up?

I have a new computer, and transferred all my iTunes data manually to the new computer. For some reason, whenever I start up iTunes, I get the "setup assistant." I hit "cancel," and my iTunes library starts up as it should. In other words, all my data is in place. I am afraid to go through the setup assistant, because I'm worried it will add duplicates of all my music, and I'll have to go to a lot of effort to clean it all up. Can I disable the setup assistant? How?

AFAIK, there is no setting to disable it.
JGG

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