Visual-studio – Recent Projects panel on VS2008 not working for fresh installs

Here's my standard .hgignore file for use with VS2008 that was originally modified from a Git ignore file:

# Ignore file for Visual Studio 2008

# use glob syntax
syntax: glob

# Ignore Visual Studio 2008 files
*.obj
*.exe
*.pdb
*.user
*.aps
*.pch
*.vspscc
*_i.c
*_p.c
*.ncb
*.suo
*.tlb
*.tlh
*.bak
*.cache
*.ilk
*.log
*.lib
*.sbr
*.scc
[Bb]in
[Dd]ebug*/
obj/
[Rr]elease*/
_ReSharper*/
[Tt]est[Rr]esult*
[Bb]uild[Ll]og.*
*.[Pp]ublish.xml

I don't know how to do it at the IDE but you cand always edit the new project templates at:

%PROGRAM_FILES%\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\ProjectTemplates\

If you're using the express version there could be a minor variation in the path:

%PROGRAM_FILES%\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\{Version}\ProjectTemplates\

Where {Version} is the express flavor you are using, VCSExpress, VBExpress, etc.

The templates are zip files, just edit the project changing:

<WarningLevel>3</WarningLevel>

to

<WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>