function getRecentProjects() {
        var recentProjects = PreferencesManager.getViewState("recentProjects") || [],
            i;

        for (i = 0; i < recentProjects.length; i++) {
            // We have to canonicalize & then de-canonicalize the path here, since our pref format uses no trailing "/"
            recentProjects[i] = FileUtils.stripTrailingSlash(ProjectManager.updateWelcomeProjectPath(recentProjects[i] + "/"));
        }
        return recentProjects;
    }
Get the stored list of recent projects, fixing up paths as appropriate.
Warning: unlike most paths in Brackets, these lack a trailing "/"