diff --git a/src/Files.App/Utils/Shell/Win32API.cs b/src/Files.App/Utils/Shell/Win32API.cs
index 27b883658365..975888bc2be6 100644
--- a/src/Files.App/Utils/Shell/Win32API.cs
+++ b/src/Files.App/Utils/Shell/Win32API.cs
@@ -568,18 +568,17 @@ public static Task<bool> MountVhdDisk(string vhdPath)
 
 		public static Shell32.ITaskbarList4? CreateTaskbarObject()
 		{
-			var taskbar2 = new Shell32.ITaskbarList2();
 			try
 			{
+				var taskbar2 = new Shell32.ITaskbarList2();
 				taskbar2.HrInit();
+				return taskbar2 as Shell32.ITaskbarList4;
 			}
-			catch (NotImplementedException)
+			catch (Exception)
 			{
 				// explorer.exe is not running as a shell
 				return null;
 			}
-
-			return taskbar2 as Shell32.ITaskbarList4;
 		}
 
 		private static Bitmap GetAlphaBitmapFromBitmapData(BitmapData bmpData)