Microsoft Office 2011 won't work with Mountain Lion update

I have an early 2011 version Macbook Pro. Until yesterday I have been running Lion, I updated to Mountain Lion last night and now my Microsoft Office 2011 won't work. Does anyone know how to fix this?

When I try to open any MS Office program or file I get an error message that reads "Microsoft Office cannot open because of a problem. Check with the developer to make sure Microsoft (Outlook, Word etc.) works with this version of OS X you may need to reinstall the application..." the problem is I bought this Mac used and I don't have the disc to reinstall the application. I've gone to the MS Office 2011 Mac website and downloaded a service pack and an update (the only two things available to me) but that still doesn't help. Where would I find the update you are describing?

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Hi!
This is the kind of message report that I get when I try to open word, excel or power point programs...
It is exactly the same if I try to open directly a file with the properly extension (.doc, .xls, and so on...)
I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times following Microsoft instructions for uninstalled process...
And finally I power on the computer on "safe mode". When I did this I was able of opening the program (word in this case) the first time I click on it. But, it only works that first time. I was unable of opening the program more times.
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