As in "each to their own" or "Personalization" or "Customise". I 'm sure we all know configuring & usage is subjective & in Windows there are usually/often a few ways to accomplish the same thing.
Heck, I have no tiles & really don't even > Strat for much of anything, hardly ever... doesn't make it right or wrong. But someone can have an idea someone didn't know & that they might like.
Exactly Drew! There is no right way, only what works for yourself. That's what makes windows great.
I did like your concept of Settings on taskbar, tried it for awhile, kept finding myself still using Start. Hard to break old habits one gets stuck in :-)
The example I showed for Settings is in couple vm's, preferred it over pinning to taskbar for ease and opening to page desired, but then again, will I use this on my main desktop, not likely. This is where your suggestion makes much more sense (safer) which I did try on main.
Not a fan of the new Windows Tools popup window (work in progress), find that too cluttered and disorganized compared to the old menu. For myself, find it more of a frustration to find the tool I require with these old eyes. Will end up going to "\ProgramData\Start Menu\" and restore menu items for the administrative tools I tend to use.
Great it works out for you; not here, too Menu driven. Don't like the aspect of opening a window to search for a tool in all that clutter.
Regards,