Get everything where you want it and then choose Options -> Save Layout.
It's not 100% perfect (there are a few small things I still have to manually adjust now and again) and sometimes when you move between projects you have to go to Options -> Load Layout to reset everything back to way you had it, but it's infinitely easier to hit Options -> Load Layout then it is hand adjusting everything every single time.
Note there is only one "layout" that is saved at a time (it doesn't offer you the option to individually name and save custom layouts) so a piece of advice is don't hit Save Layout again unless you want to overwrite your layout preferences (i.e. if you tweak them more to your liking then you can hit Options -> Save Layout again - otherwise don't touch it! LOL)