diff --git a/Flow.Launcher/App.xaml.cs b/Flow.Launcher/App.xaml.cs
index 8374fc9fe9a..447eca79267 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher/App.xaml.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher/App.xaml.cs
@@ -35,31 +35,64 @@ public partial class App : IDisposable, ISingleInstanceApp
         public App()
         {
             // Initialize settings
-            var storage = new FlowLauncherJsonStorage<Settings>();
-            _settings = storage.Load();
-            _settings.SetStorage(storage);
-            _settings.WMPInstalled = WindowsMediaPlayerHelper.IsWindowsMediaPlayerInstalled();
+            try
+            {
+                var storage = new FlowLauncherJsonStorage<Settings>();
+                _settings = storage.Load();
+                _settings.SetStorage(storage);
+                _settings.WMPInstalled = WindowsMediaPlayerHelper.IsWindowsMediaPlayerInstalled();
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                ShowErrorMsgBoxAndFailFast("Cannot load setting storage, please check local data directory", e);
+                return;
+            }
 
             // Configure the dependency injection container
-            var host = Host.CreateDefaultBuilder()
-                .UseContentRoot(AppContext.BaseDirectory)
-                .ConfigureServices(services => services
-                    .AddSingleton(_ => _settings)
-                    .AddSingleton(sp => new Updater(sp.GetRequiredService<IPublicAPI>(), Launcher.Properties.Settings.Default.GithubRepo))
-                    .AddSingleton<Portable>()
-                    .AddSingleton<SettingWindowViewModel>()
-                    .AddSingleton<IAlphabet, PinyinAlphabet>()
-                    .AddSingleton<StringMatcher>()
-                    .AddSingleton<Internationalization>()
-                    .AddSingleton<IPublicAPI, PublicAPIInstance>()
-                    .AddSingleton<MainViewModel>()
-                    .AddSingleton<Theme>()
-                ).Build();
-            Ioc.Default.ConfigureServices(host.Services);
+            try
+            {
+                var host = Host.CreateDefaultBuilder()
+                    .UseContentRoot(AppContext.BaseDirectory)
+                    .ConfigureServices(services => services
+                        .AddSingleton(_ => _settings)
+                        .AddSingleton(sp => new Updater(sp.GetRequiredService<IPublicAPI>(), Launcher.Properties.Settings.Default.GithubRepo))
+                        .AddSingleton<Portable>()
+                        .AddSingleton<SettingWindowViewModel>()
+                        .AddSingleton<IAlphabet, PinyinAlphabet>()
+                        .AddSingleton<StringMatcher>()
+                        .AddSingleton<Internationalization>()
+                        .AddSingleton<IPublicAPI, PublicAPIInstance>()
+                        .AddSingleton<MainViewModel>()
+                        .AddSingleton<Theme>()
+                    ).Build();
+                Ioc.Default.ConfigureServices(host.Services);
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                ShowErrorMsgBoxAndFailFast("Cannot configure dependency injection container, please open new issue in Flow.Launcher", e);
+                return;
+            }
 
             // Initialize the public API and Settings first
-            API = Ioc.Default.GetRequiredService<IPublicAPI>();
-            _settings.Initialize();
+            try
+            {
+                API = Ioc.Default.GetRequiredService<IPublicAPI>();
+                _settings.Initialize();
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                ShowErrorMsgBoxAndFailFast("Cannot initialize api and settings, please open new issue in Flow.Launcher", e);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static void ShowErrorMsgBoxAndFailFast(string message, Exception e)
+        {
+            // Firstly show users the message
+            MessageBox.Show(e.ToString(), message, MessageBoxButton.OK, MessageBoxImage.Error);
+
+            // Flow cannot construct its App instance, so ensure Flow crashes w/ the exception info.
+            Environment.FailFast(message, e);
         }
 
         [STAThread]
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher/Flow.Launcher.csproj b/Flow.Launcher/Flow.Launcher.csproj
index 0baa1bef503..33d13614f8a 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher/Flow.Launcher.csproj
+++ b/Flow.Launcher/Flow.Launcher.csproj
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="InputSimulator" Version="1.0.4" />
     <!-- Do not upgrade Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection and Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting since we are .Net7.0 -->
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection" Version="7.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="7.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="7.0.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Notifications" Version="7.1.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Windows.CsWin32" Version="0.3.106">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="NHotkey.Wpf" Version="3.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="PropertyChanged.Fody" Version="3.4.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="SemanticVersioning" Version="3.0.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="TaskScheduler" Version="2.11.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Jack251970.TaskScheduler" Version="2.12.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="VirtualizingWrapPanel" Version="2.1.1" />
   </ItemGroup>