diff --git a/Program.cs b/Program.cs
index 0b8eea3..1cbb7bb 100644
--- a/Program.cs
+++ b/Program.cs
@@ -1,17 +1,28 @@
 /*
- * REFERENCE:
+ * REFERENCES:
  * https://www.joe0.com/2019/01/27/how-create-a-custom-browser-uri-scheme-and-c-protocol-handler-client-that-supports-opening-and-editing-of-remotely-hosted-documents-through-webdav/
+ * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44675085/minimize-console-at-app-startup-c-sharp
+ * 
  */
 using System;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
 namespace LocalExplorer
 {
     class Program
     {
+        [DllImport("User32.dll", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall, SetLastError = true)]
+        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+        private static extern bool ShowWindow([In] IntPtr hWnd, [In] int nCmdShow);
+
         static void Main(string[] args)
         {
+            //Start this process hidden
+            IntPtr handle = Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainWindowHandle;
+            ShowWindow(handle, 0);
+
             //Check to make sure a path was passed in as an argument to the program.
             if (args.Length == 0)
             {
@@ -37,7 +48,17 @@ namespace LocalExplorer
                     FileName = "explorer.exe"
                 };
 
-                Process.Start(startInfo);
+                //put this inside try/catch block just in case 
+                //explorer.exe has a permission issue or something.
+                try
+                {
+                    Process.Start(startInfo);
+                }
+                catch
+                {
+                    Console.WriteLine($"Could not proc explorer.exe to open {path}");
+                    WriteOutputFile($"Could not proc explorer.exe to open {path}");
+                }
             }
             else
             {
@@ -48,8 +69,8 @@ namespace LocalExplorer
 
         private static void WriteOutputFile(string debugLine)
         {
-            return;
-            // remove the above return for debugging
+            // comment this out to debug the program
+            //return;
 
             StreamWriter outFile = new StreamWriter(@"C:\LocalExplorer\OUTPUT.txt", true);
             outFile.WriteLine(debugLine);