diff --git a/src/WorkspaceDependencyViewExtension/WorkspaceDependencyView.xaml.cs b/src/WorkspaceDependencyViewExtension/WorkspaceDependencyView.xaml.cs
index 20fbae6a6d6..0f6912f0dce 100644
--- a/src/WorkspaceDependencyViewExtension/WorkspaceDependencyView.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/WorkspaceDependencyViewExtension/WorkspaceDependencyView.xaml.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Drawing;
@@ -137,9 +137,9 @@ internal void DependencyRegen(WorkspaceModel ws, bool forceCompute = false)
             RestartBanner.Visibility = Visibility.Hidden;
             ws.ForceComputeWorkspaceReferences = forceCompute;
 
-            var packageDependencies = ws.NodeLibraryDependencies.Where(d => d is PackageDependencyInfo).ToList();
-            var localDefinitions = ws.NodeLocalDefinitions.Where(d => d is DependencyInfo).ToList();
-            var externalFiles = ws.ExternalFiles.Where(d => d is DependencyInfo).ToList();
+            var packageDependencies = ws.NodeLibraryDependencies?.Where(d => d is PackageDependencyInfo).ToList();
+            var localDefinitions = ws.NodeLocalDefinitions?.Where(d => d is DependencyInfo).ToList();
+            var externalFiles = ws.ExternalFiles?.Where(d => d is DependencyInfo).ToList();
 
             foreach (DependencyInfo info in localDefinitions)
             {
@@ -187,9 +187,16 @@ internal void DependencyRegen(WorkspaceModel ws, bool forceCompute = false)
                 foreach (var package in dependencyViewExtension.pmExtension.PackageLoader.LocalPackages.Where(x => 
                 x.LoadState.ScheduledState == PackageLoadState.ScheduledTypes.ScheduledForDeletion || x.LoadState.ScheduledState == PackageLoadState.ScheduledTypes.ScheduledForUnload))
                 {
-                    (packageDependencies.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == package.Name) as PackageDependencyInfo).State =
+                    try
+                    {
+                        (packageDependencies.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == package.Name) as PackageDependencyInfo).State =
                         PackageDependencyState.RequiresRestart;
-                    hasPackageMarkedForUninstall = true;
+                        hasPackageMarkedForUninstall = true;
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception ex)
+                    {
+                        dependencyViewExtension.OnMessageLogged(LogMessage.Info(string.Format(Properties.Resources.DependencyViewExtensionErrorTemplate, $"failure to set package uninstall state |{ ex.ToString()}")));
+                    }
                 }
 
                 RestartBanner.Visibility = hasPackageMarkedForUninstall ? Visibility.Visible: Visibility.Hidden;
@@ -200,10 +207,17 @@ internal void DependencyRegen(WorkspaceModel ws, bool forceCompute = false)
             {
                 foreach (PackageDependencyInfo packageDependencyInfo in packageDependencies)
                 {
-                    var targetInfo = pmExtension.PackageLoader.LocalPackages.Where(x => x.Name == packageDependencyInfo.Name).FirstOrDefault();
-                    if (targetInfo != null)
+                    try
+                    {
+                        var targetInfo = pmExtension.PackageLoader.LocalPackages.Where(x => x.Name == packageDependencyInfo.Name).FirstOrDefault();
+                        if (targetInfo != null)
+                        {
+                            packageDependencyInfo.Path = targetInfo.RootDirectory;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    catch (Exception ex)
                     {
-                        packageDependencyInfo.Path = targetInfo.RootDirectory;
+                        dependencyViewExtension.OnMessageLogged(LogMessage.Info(string.Format(Properties.Resources.DependencyViewExtensionErrorTemplate, ex.ToString())));
                     }
                 }
             }