Windows 10: Is there anyway to prevent "folders" from being in the start menu apps list?

What I mean is that I dislike the way Windows will display folders in the start menu. Maybe it's blasphemous to say here, but I prefer the way Mac OS has apps as "packages" and then you just click on the app to launch it and it has a clean look where every app package (basically a folder) is the app icon.

I would like to duplicate this on my Windows PC but I'm not sure how. Maybe it's not possible. But here's what I mean in the photo below. I would like these to all be the actual application to launch instead of a folders.

Thanks for any advice!



https://preview.redd.it/n9tjfhbmpzq...bp&s=52af5da1cdcba193cf52f195817f5fee39f6ba60

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