Have VS automatically open last project

Question

User412374996 posted
Hi. Is there a way to get VS 2005 Pro to automatically open the last project worked on when it starts up? I've checked Options and couldn't find it. Thanks.

Answer 1

User412374996 posted
Actually, I found it: It's under the Options > Enviornment > Startup. Just needed to change the value in the dropdown.

Answer 2

User-965343337 posted

fails using 2013 express ... with tools+options+environment+startup & dropdown selected=Load Last Loaded Solution 
Error happens when starting VS2013 - error msg says to look in: C:\Users\Frederick\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VWDExpress\12.0
at file named:  ActivityLog.xml

file's bottom 20 lines shown below
========================================================

<description>Begin package load [Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Connected.Packages.OnlineLicensing.OnlineLicensingManagerPackage]</description>
<guid>{A5C25D8F-4D74-4924-BD8C-F3C2B860F4EC}</guid>
</entry>
<entry>
<record>320</record>
<time>2014/03/04 06:03:59.671</time>
<type>Information</type>
<source>VisualStudio</source>
<description>End package load [Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Connected.Packages.OnlineLicensing.OnlineLicensingManagerPackage]</description>
<guid>{A5C25D8F-4D74-4924-BD8C-F3C2B860F4EC}</guid>
</entry>
<entry>
<record>321</record>
<time>2014/03/04 06:03:59.707</time>
<type>Information</type>
<source>RoamingManagerPackage</source>
<description>User logged in : 15039285-487a-4eff-a73c-77ee222a67e2.12</description>
</entry>
</activity>

 any help appreciated ....