an option in the settings to enable/disable always opening the same two folders on startup and not the last folders
You can already do this:
1. Define a new bookmark in which you set the directories for the two panels
2. Check the option to show that bookmark in the Total Commander home folder
3. Long tap on that bookmark in the home folder to create a link in the launcher (Android desktop)
Afterwards you can remove the bookmark if you don't need it.
an option in the settings to enable/disable listing symlinks that point to directories as folders
Unfortunately you cannot see on Linux whether a symlink points to a file or a folder.