Open the start page in Visual Studio after closing a project?

Question

When you start Visual Studio you get a start page with all the latest projects in a list.
But when you\'ve opened and closed a project, how do you open that start page a

Answer 1

To get start page in visual studio 2017 Go to File -> Start Page

Answer 2

You also have the Start Page icon in the toolbar :

Answer 3

In case of Visual Studio 2019, go to File->Start Window.

Answer 4

It used to be automatic in VS2008 - Anything you had open outside of any solution/project (including the start page) would close when you opened a project/solution, then when closed that product/solution it went back to what was open before. That is how it should work, they broke it in VS2010. So all the prior VS users searching for the answer - there is none - technology continues to regress.