diff --git a/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.Plugin.Program/Programs/ShellLinkHelper.cs b/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.Plugin.Program/Programs/ShellLinkHelper.cs
index 49977393a5..6d829d741c 100644
--- a/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.Plugin.Program/Programs/ShellLinkHelper.cs
+++ b/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.Plugin.Program/Programs/ShellLinkHelper.cs
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.Programs
         // To initialize the app description
         public String description = String.Empty;
 
+        // Sets to true if the program takes in arguments
+        public bool hasArguments = false;
 
         // Retrieve the target path using Shell Link
         public string retrieveTargetPath(string path)
@@ -125,6 +127,15 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.Programs
                 buffer = new StringBuilder(MAX_PATH);
                 ((IShellLinkW)link).GetDescription(buffer, MAX_PATH);
                 description = buffer.ToString();
+
+                StringBuilder argumentBuffer = new StringBuilder(MAX_PATH);
+                ((IShellLinkW)link).GetArguments(argumentBuffer, argumentBuffer.Capacity);
+
+                // Set variable to true if the program takes in any arguments
+                if (argumentBuffer.Length != 0)
+                {
+                    hasArguments = true;
+                }
             }
             return target;
         }
diff --git a/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.Plugin.Program/Programs/Win32.cs b/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.Plugin.Program/Programs/Win32.cs
index b957cff9cf..57d3204bf7 100644
--- a/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.Plugin.Program/Programs/Win32.cs
+++ b/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.Plugin.Program/Programs/Win32.cs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.Programs
         public string Description { get; set; }
         public bool Valid { get; set; }
         public bool Enabled { get; set; }
+        public bool hasArguments { get; set; } = false;
         public string Location => ParentDirectory;
 
         private const string ShortcutExtension = "lnk";
@@ -54,6 +55,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.Programs
                 return null;
             }
 
+            if(!hasArguments)
+            {
+                var noArgumentScoreModifier = 5;
+                score += noArgumentScoreModifier;
+            }
+
             var result = new Result
             {
                 SubTitle = "Win32 application",
@@ -191,6 +198,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Program.Programs
                         program.LnkResolvedPath = program.FullPath;
                         program.FullPath = Path.GetFullPath(target).ToLower();
                         program.ExecutableName = Path.GetFileName(target);
+                        program.hasArguments = _helper.hasArguments;
 
                         var description = _helper.description;
                         if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(description))