Gimp consistently crashing on startup

[Pancake]

(10-27-2017, 08:18 PM)Ofnuts Wrote: This isn't in the Gimp executable itself, but on the shortcut to it. If there is no shortcut, create one (but the installation will likely have created one).

Yes, I have a shortcut, although it doesn't open this prompt.   It simply attempts to start the program.  Either there's some disconnect here due to a difference in operating systems, or I'm just missing something that's right in my face.