That's exactly what I do.
I ditch the BS metro UI and go to a nice clean desktop with Classic Shell start menu and a few desktop icons.
It boots up slower than Win7, but once it's up it runs great -- fast and stable.
The only problems I have with Win10 are the user interface elements -- ugly, stupid, crippled, and too many damn clicks to do anything.
But as an operating system platform for applications, it rocks at least as well as Win7 Pro (which remains my favorite Windows edition overall).
learn the keyboard shortcuts and the real names of the key windows exe’s. It isn’t that hard.
Anything I want to run I just type it into the search bar. Come right up, and remembers, too. Also, faster than clicking Start and then an icon.