diff --git a/SophiApp/SophiApp/Helpers/RegHelper.cs b/SophiApp/SophiApp/Helpers/RegHelper.cs
index 9092483f..46399bec 100644
--- a/SophiApp/SophiApp/Helpers/RegHelper.cs
+++ b/SophiApp/SophiApp/Helpers/RegHelper.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace SophiApp.Helpers
 {
     internal class RegHelper
     {
-        private static RegistryKey GetKey(RegistryHive hive, string keyPath) => RegistryKey.OpenBaseKey(hive, RegistryView.Registry64).OpenSubKey(keyPath);
+        private static RegistryKey GetKey(RegistryHive hive, string keyPath) => RegistryKey.OpenBaseKey(hive, RegistryView.Registry64)?.OpenSubKey(keyPath);
 
         private static RegistryKey SetKey(RegistryHive hive, string keyPath) => RegistryKey.OpenBaseKey(hive, RegistryView.Registry64).OpenSubKey(keyPath, true) ?? RegistryKey.OpenBaseKey(hive, RegistryView.Registry64).CreateSubKey(keyPath, true);
 
diff --git a/SophiApp/SophiApp/Helpers/VisualRedistrLibsHelper.cs b/SophiApp/SophiApp/Helpers/VisualRedistrLibsHelper.cs
index 1abc8200..d791f108 100644
--- a/SophiApp/SophiApp/Helpers/VisualRedistrLibsHelper.cs
+++ b/SophiApp/SophiApp/Helpers/VisualRedistrLibsHelper.cs
@@ -33,11 +33,18 @@ internal static Version GetInstalledVersion()
 
         internal static bool IsInstalled()
         {
-            var vcRegistryPath = RegHelper.GetSubKeyNames(RegistryHive.ClassesRoot, REDISTRX64_REGISTRY_PATH)
+            try
+            {
+                var vcRegistryPath = RegHelper.GetSubKeyNames(RegistryHive.ClassesRoot, REDISTRX64_REGISTRY_PATH)
                                           .FirstOrDefault(key => key.Contains(REDISTRX64_REGISTRY_NAME_PATTERN));
 
-            return vcRegistryPath != null && RegHelper.GetStringValue(RegistryHive.ClassesRoot, vcRegistryPath, DISPLAY_NAME)
-                                                      .Contains(MSREDISTR_LIB_VS_2022_NAME);
+                return vcRegistryPath != null && RegHelper.GetStringValue(RegistryHive.ClassesRoot, vcRegistryPath, DISPLAY_NAME)
+                                                          .Contains(MSREDISTR_LIB_VS_2022_NAME);
+            }
+            catch (Exception)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
         }
     }
 }
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