Tried installing the version that came free with the Steinberg interface. I’ve looked absolutely everywhere—multiple times—for the icon, but there’s nothing…
Also today I downloaded the “Padshop” Trial Version to see if this was worth buying at all. But again—as it happens—it is nowhere to be found…no desktop icon for this either, nor is it in the start menu anywhere at all. I’m beginning to think that there must be some kind of an ongoing bug in this particular version that somehow prevents it from being displayed as a desktop icon.
Unless I can fix this problem, and the cause is somehow resolved—I obviously can’t buy Cubase 9.5 pro, or in fact any of the other associated products that happen to go with it at all. 