Is "Classic Shell" still available to download? I think that's what I did when I was forced to go to Win 10. Makes it "feel" a little more like Win 7. I'm completely used to it now since it's on our work laptops and my own now.
I used to use classic shell. Now I dont. Win10 has come back around to a start menu similar to the old way due to massive user backlash. Its not the same, but its at least workable. I no longer use CS.
Just remember, if in doubt, tap the windows key on your keyboard (or click the windows icon where the start menu used to be) and start typing what you want. so for example if you hit [win key] then type control you'll see the control panel icon show up.