Non-Apple Software No Longer Works

Had a weird experience this AM.  Was checking email via Safari when a screen popped up asking for permission to update software.  I declined, because I didn't know who was trying to do what (i.e., there were no update icons in the Dock, etc.).  Then, the fun began.
I tried to open EXCEL next and it wouldn't open.  It immediately failed with a message saying the application quit unexpectedly, etc., etc.  Same thing happened with every other Office app.  After much discussion with Apple, then Microsoft, and then Apple again, I was able to un-install Mcrosoft Office but the kicker is: I got the same failure when I tried to re-install the apps from the CD (i.e., I got an immediate failure when I double-clicked the install icon).
With Microsoft's help, I was able to set up another user profile with Admin capability, and the apps installed just fine using that profile.  So, the problem appears to be with my main profile.  However, Apple is stumped and gave up trying to help me.
So, I'm now in the situation where the Apps are on my machine under 1 profile and the data is under another profile. AND, I just discovered that Quicken fails when I try to iopen it in my 1st Profile too.
So,
1.  Has this happened to anyone else out there?  If so, how'd you get around it?
2.  Is there a way to share files between profiles?  I know I can probably copy the Microsoft files on a portable drive, but I'm concerned about the Quicken database.  Not sure how to transport this data between Users.
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
PS.  I'm running Snow Leopard.  There are no pending software updates.

Linc,
I attempted to re-install MS Office from the CD 1st thing after booting up this AM and it failed again.
Here's the console info. you suggested:
The messages:
4/2/12 8:51:05 AM          com.apple.launchd[1]          *** launchd[1] has started up. ***
4/2/12 8:51:27 AM          com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[88]          (com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
4/2/12 8:51:31 AM          com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[88]          (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[113]) Exited with exit code: 1
4/2/12 8:52:12 AM          Pages[127]          contentBoundsOrigin = {0, 0}
4/2/12 8:52:12 AM          Pages[127]          contentBoundsOrigin = {0, 0}
4/2/12 8:52:12 AM          Pages[127]          contentBoundsOrigin = {0, 0}
4/2/12 8:52:12 AM          Pages[127]          contentBoundsOrigin = {0, 0}
4/2/12 8:52:12 AM          Pages[127]          contentBoundsOrigin = {0, 0}
4/2/12 8:52:59 AM          [0x0-0x10010].com.microsoft.setupassistant[146]          dyld: could not load inserted library: /Users/Shared/.libgmalloc.dylib
4/2/12 8:52:59 AM          com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[88]          ([0x0-0x10010].com.microsoft.setupassistant[146]) Job appears to have crashed: Trace/BPT trap
4/2/12 8:52:59 AM          ReportCrash[148]          Saved crash report for LaunchCFMApp[146] version ??? (???) to /Users/waltersemolic/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/LaunchCFMApp_2012-04-02-085 259_Macintosh.crash
4/2/12 8:53:16 AM          com.apple.WindowServer[67]          Mon Apr  2 08:53:16 Macintosh.local WindowServer[67] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
The Report:
Process:         LaunchCFMApp [146]
Path:            /Volumes/Microsoft Office 2004/Office Setup Assistant
Identifier:      com.microsoft.setupassistant
Version:         ??? (???)
Code Type:       PPC (Translated)
Parent Process:  launchd [88]
Date/Time:       2012-04-02 08:52:59.122 -0400
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)
Report Version:  6
Exception Type:  EXC_CRASH (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread:  0  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Thread 0 Crashed:  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x80239236 __pthread_kill + 10
1   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x80238ad7 pthread_kill + 95
2   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb80bfb30 0xb8000000 + 785200
3   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb80c0037 0xb8000000 + 786487
4   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb80dd8e8 0xb8000000 + 907496
5   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb8145397 spin_lock_wrapper + 1791
6   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb801ceb7 0xb8000000 + 118455
Thread 1:
0   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x80142afa mach_msg_trap + 10
1   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x80143267 mach_msg + 68
2   LaunchCFMApp                            0xb819440f CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 206231
3   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x80170259 _pthread_start + 345
4   libSystem.B.dylib                       0x801700de thread_start + 34
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
  eax: 0x00000000  ebx: 0x802fc540  ecx: 0xb7fff9ac  edx: 0x80239236
  edi: 0xb8211640  esi: 0x00000005  ebp: 0xb7fff9d8  esp: 0xb7fff9ac
   ss: 0x0000001f  efl: 0x00000286  eip: 0x80239236   cs: 0x00000007
   ds: 0x0000001f   es: 0x0000001f   fs: 0x00000000   gs: 0x00000037
  cr2: 0x8023922c
Binary Images:
0x80000000 - 0x8005dff7  com.apple.framework.IOKit 2.0 (???) <3DABAB9C-4949-F441-B077-0498F8E47A35> /System/Library/Frameworks/IOKit.framework/Versions/A/IOKit
0x8007d000 - 0x800e7fe7  libstdc++.6.dylib 7.9.0 (compatibility 7.0.0) <411D87F4-B7E1-44EB-F201-F8B4F9227213> /usr/lib/libstdc++.6.dylib
0x80142000 - 0x802e9ff7  libSystem.B.dylib 125.2.11 (compatibility 1.0.0) <2DCD13E3-1BD1-6F25-119A-3863A3848B90> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
0x8036b000 - 0x804e6fe7  com.apple.CoreFoundation 6.6.6 (550.44) <F88C95CD-1264-782D-A1F5-204739847E93> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation
0x805de000 - 0x805ecfe7  libz.1.dylib 1.2.3 (compatibility 1.0.0) <33C1B260-ED05-945D-FC33-EF56EC791E2E> /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib
0x805f1000 - 0x805fdff7  libkxld.dylib ??? (???) <9A441C48-2D18-E716-5F38-CBEAE6A0BB3E> /usr/lib/system/libkxld.dylib
0x80601000 - 0x80647ff7  libauto.dylib ??? (???) <29422A70-87CF-10E2-CE59-FEE1234CFAAE> /usr/lib/libauto.dylib
0x80654000 - 0x807d6fe7  libicucore.A.dylib 40.0.0 (compatibility 1.0.0) <D5980817-6D19-9636-51C3-E82BAE26776B> /usr/lib/libicucore.A.dylib
0x80838000 - 0x808e5fe7  libobjc.A.dylib 227.0.0 (compatibility 1.0.0) <9F8413A6-736D-37D9-8EB3-7986D4699957> /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib
0x808f9000 - 0x808fcfe7  libmathCommon.A.dylib 315.0.0 (compatibility 1.0.0) <1622A54F-1A98-2CBE-B6A4-2122981A500E> /usr/lib/system/libmathCommon.A.dylib
0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe4162b  dyld 132.1 (???) <749D24EE-54BD-D74B-D305-C13F5E6C95D8> /usr/lib/dyld
0xb8000000 - 0xb81defff  LaunchCFMApp ??? (???) <CC0F32CD-4587-7C83-03D0-9CFE28A58FB6> /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Support/LaunchCFMApp
0xffff0000 - 0xffff1fff  libSystem.B.dylib ??? (???) <2DCD13E3-1BD1-6F25-119A-3863A3848B90> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
Translated Code Information:
objc[146]: garbage collection is ON
NO CRASH REPORT
Additional useful(??) info.  Every so often I've had to Froce Quit out of Excel, especially if Safari was up and I had opened a spreadsheet that came via email.  This has been going on for quite a while.

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