for disclaimer, I’m kinda old lol

I only watched gameplay videos and thought that it’s pretty cool to basically able to build anything

when I open I was bombarded with launcher options and marketplace and “Try this new content!” or “Try this skin” or “Multiplayer blah blah”

I have no idea what to do

I don’t even know the difference between “Minecraft for Windows” and “Minecraft Java Edition”

is there a way to just skip all the content bombardment and go straight to playing? I just want to play alone and be familiar with the game

like making a shortcut straight to the game’s .exe file instead of using launcher or something to lessen the “ads” ?