public static IReadOnlyList<Tuple<string,string>> GetRecentProjectsEx()

{
  IReadOnlyList<Tuple<string, string>> result = [];
  //A list of Tuple instances containing two strings.
  //The first string: full path to the .aprx. In case of Portal projects, 
  //this is the cached location of the project on the local machine.
  //Second string:  url for portal projects
  result = Project.GetRecentProjectsEx();
  foreach (var project in result)
  {
    string projectUrl;
    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(project.Item2))
    {
      //this is a portal project
      //Url
      projectUrl = project.Item2;
      //local cached location of the portal project
      projectPath = project.Item1;
    }
    else
    {
      //this is a local project
      //path to local project
      projectPath = project.Item1;
    }
    projectName = new FileInfo(project.Item1).Name;
  }
}