diff --git a/launcher/src/CmderLauncher.cpp b/launcher/src/CmderLauncher.cpp
index 6ac22e5..510d8ad 100644
--- a/launcher/src/CmderLauncher.cpp
+++ b/launcher/src/CmderLauncher.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include <Shlwapi.h>
 #include "resource.h"
 #include <vector>
+#include <Shlobj.h>
+
 
 #pragma comment(lib, "Shlwapi.lib")
 
@@ -156,13 +158,18 @@ void StartCmder(std::wstring path, bool is_single_mode)
 	SetEnvironmentVariable(L"CMDER_ROOT", exeDir);
 	if (!streqi(path.c_str(), L""))
 	{
-		SetEnvironmentVariable(L"CMDER_START", path.c_str());
+		if (!SetEnvironmentVariable(L"CMDER_START", path.c_str())) {
+			MessageBox(NULL, _T("Error trying to set CMDER_START to given path!"), _T("Error"), MB_OK);
+		}
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		static wchar_t buff[MAX_PATH] = { 0 };
-		GetEnvironmentVariable(L"USER_PROFILE", buff, MAX_PATH);
-		SetEnvironmentVariable(L"CMDER_START", buff);
+		wchar_t* homeProfile = 0;
+		SHGetKnownFolderPath(FOLDERID_Profile, 0, NULL, &homeProfile);
+		if (!SetEnvironmentVariable(L"CMDER_START", homeProfile)) {
+			MessageBox(NULL, _T("Error trying to set CMDER_START to USER_PROFILE!"), _T("Error"), MB_OK);
+		}
+		CoTaskMemFree(static_cast<void*>(homeProfile));
 	}
 	
 	// Ensure EnvironmentVariables are propagated.
@@ -177,8 +184,10 @@ void StartCmder(std::wstring path, bool is_single_mode)
 #endif
 
 	PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
-
-	CreateProcess(conEmuPath, args, NULL, NULL, false, 0, NULL, NULL, &si, &pi);
+	if (!CreateProcess(conEmuPath, args, NULL, NULL, false, 0, NULL, NULL, &si, &pi)) {
+		MessageBox(NULL, _T("Unable to create the ConEmu Process!"), _T("Error"), MB_OK);
+		return;
+	}
 }
 
 bool IsUserOnly(std::wstring opt)