Welcome window comes up every time I open Outlook 2011

I have a brand new mac pro with nothing installed on it besides Office 2011.  I started up Outlook and got the welcome window.  I went through setting up my Exchange account  and everything seemed to work.  All my mail showed up, everything sends and receives, good to go, right?  Well, sort of.  It's functional, but every time I shut it down and open it again, it brings up the welcome window.  If I hit continue, it goes into outlook no problem, but it seems not to be retaining my settings apart from the account information (I go into preferences and tell it to hide on my computer folders and the go away, but they are back as soon as I start it again).