:) You should really try and get them to update or you should go somewhere else. That sound ridiculous to still be using VS2008.

You could propose an option 3, that has an object with all the items that need to be passed in. According to Martin Fowler, too many options passed into a constructor is a code smell.

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A large list of construction parameters, like any large parameter list, is a CodeSmell. Usually when I see these I find that many of the parameters are DataClumps and should be replaced by their own object. Having said that it's not unusual for constructor methods to have more parameters than other methods - but they are a good place to spot data clumps.

Martin Fowler - Constructor Initialization

Good ideas about the default values. And C# actually does have named paramaters. So, if they all have default values, you could just pass in a few that need to be set.

Good ideas about the default values. And C# actually does have named parameters. So, if they all have default values, you could just pass in a few that need to be set. Named and Optional Arguments (C# Programming Guide) | Microsoft Docs