Show the code in the scroll bar: Text Editor > All Languages > Scroll Bars > Use map mode for vertical scroll bar
Tools > Options > Environment > General. Change the "items shown in recently used list" to 24 (the maximum) (I have one job that has more than the default 10 projects, and the VM dev boxes have more than 10 also. I don't change this all the time, but I'm putting it here so that I can find it when I reload a VM)