How to get PP desktop icon and how to open old projects?

With the most recent update I am having to open the Creative Cloud app then click open to open PP. There used to be a desktop icon, is it just me or has it disappeared? Please let me know how to create one if it is just me.

Also I know this is not a new thing, but isn't there a way I can double click on old projects to open them? For such an expensive product it seems crazy that such functionality is beyond the programmers. I have no idea how easy or difficult it would be to implement, so maybe a short explanation would at least make me feel less frustrated about it. I do know that if I open PP then I can open them by browsing for the old project.

Thanks in advance.

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