Help!! Can't run GIMP??

I installed Gimp 2.4 for Windows, and when I click the icon to
start the program, the startup screen displays "Looking for data files"
and "Fonts (this may take a while)" underneath that, then it stops and
up pops a gimp 2.4.exe error screen. I am not having any problems
running any other programs...I'm not sure what other info to include in
this post. Any help would be greatly appreciated.