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To be fair, most users are just gonna go the new user route. Download the Fedora media writer, set it to download and flash Fedora, boot to the stick and install.
I was a decent ways into my Linux experience before I learnt about Ventoy, but I don't use it as I prefer flashing a whole ISO. There's no hand-holding once you leave Mac or Windows, so you have to count points of failure yourself, Ventoy wasn't worth it.
I suggest you take the normal new user path, and after that start trying things. Learn to walk before you try running :)
Have you tried changing what the applets do when you click? Most of the time you can set whether it should create a new instance, cycle windows or raise or lower existing ones from the applet settings. See if changing that could help?
I use XFCE/Budgie (flick between the two) so not too familiar with cinnamon.