You should have a Gimp menu entry on installation and a Gimp desktop shortcut only if you used the customize option.
This in a Win7 VM screenshot just for reference. http://i.imgur.com/1ji60cu.jpg
Is this a brand new Gimp installation or replacing an existing Gimp?
There have been similar reports, often cured by disabling the Gimp profile folder C:\Users\your-name\.gimp-2.8 by renaming it ...\.gimp-2.8-bak maybe. Then restart Gimp so that it creates a new empty profile.
Gimp 2.8.22 is a lot better at searching for fonts these days but even so just let it do its thing until the opening splash completes.
Other than that, a video on installing, check it out and see if you differ anywhere,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klV_1PslFG4 only 3 and a half minutes.
This in a Win7 VM screenshot just for reference. http://i.imgur.com/1ji60cu.jpg
Is this a brand new Gimp installation or replacing an existing Gimp?
There have been similar reports, often cured by disabling the Gimp profile folder C:\Users\your-name\.gimp-2.8 by renaming it ...\.gimp-2.8-bak maybe. Then restart Gimp so that it creates a new empty profile.
Gimp 2.8.22 is a lot better at searching for fonts these days but even so just let it do its thing until the opening splash completes.
Other than that, a video on installing, check it out and see if you differ anywhere,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klV_1PslFG4 only 3 and a half minutes.