Luckily, you can easily customize the Start Menu to make accessing the apps ... Once enabled, these quick-access shortcuts will appear as small icons in the bottom-right corner of the Start ...

There's a lot you can customize here, starting with the icon for the Start menu itself, but also the entire taskbar, including its color, texture, and transparency level, plus things like the ...

The result is Home Screen Icon Creator, an advanced shortcut that lets you create custom home screen icons to launch apps ... that will either redirect you to a Messages thread (or start a new one) or ...