When I open Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express, the following message comes up:

Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express

The automatically saved settings file 'visual studio 2010\settings\vb express\CurrentSettings.vssettings' cannot be found. You can change this file on the 'Import and Export Settings' Tools Options page. The IDE will use your most recent settings for this session.
I click the 'OK' button, and the Start Page loads with the "Recent Projects" list on the left.

When I click on any of the projects to open them, another message comes up saying:

Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express

"Project Name" could not be opened. Do you want to remove the reference(s) to it from the Recent list(s)?
I read about a potential solution going to "%programfiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE" but I'm not sure how to proceed. Does anyone know why this problem is occuring? Did I truly lose all my projects?