Hi Pete,
See if there is something here, but I don´t think so:
Customizing the Development Environment
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hthab0h8(en-US,VS.80).aspx
My add-in (below) provides a Favorite Solutions feature that can be a good
substitute and it allows you to remove projects too.

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> Is there any way to customize the Start Page to just show the list of
> projects such as was in IDE 2003. To me, the rest is clutter and
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> very
> friendly when I am developing multiple applications