diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a5b3503..16cdb9e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 bin
 build
 .vscode
+.vs
 .cache
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/include/parser/platform_headers/windows_parser.hpp b/include/parser/platform_headers/windows_parser.hpp
index 578df8a..8691285 100644
--- a/include/parser/platform_headers/windows_parser.hpp
+++ b/include/parser/platform_headers/windows_parser.hpp
@@ -2,14 +2,92 @@
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #ifndef WINDOWS_PARSER_HPP
 
+// compiler bitches if you don't use lean and mean and remove shit ton of other macros that comes preloaded with the windows api. 
+#ifndef WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#endif
+#ifndef NOMINMAX
+#define NOMINMAX
+#endif
+
+// I'm speaking to you Microsoft, STOP MAKING EVERYTHING A FUCKING MACRO. IT BREAKES CPP!
+#define NOGDI
+#define NOHELP
+#define NOMCX
+#define NOIME
+#define NOCOMM
+#define NOKANJI
+#define NOSERVICE
+#define NOMDI
+#define NOSOUND
+
+// also this fixes error about no architecture being targeted (somehow)
+#if defined(_M_AMD64) && !defined(_AMD64_)
+#  define _AMD64_
+#endif
+#if defined(_M_IX86) && !defined(_X86_)
+#  define _X86_
+#endif
+#if defined(_M_ARM64) && !defined(_ARM64_)
+#  define _ARM64_
+#endif
+
 #include <argument_parser.hpp>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <string>
 
+// THIS HAS TO BE THE FIRST. DON'T CHANGE THEIR ORDER. 
+#include <windows.h>
+#include <processenv.h>
+#include <shellapi.h>
+
 namespace argument_parser {
     class windows_parser : public base_parser {
         public: 
         windows_parser() {
+            int nArgs; 
+            LPWSTR commandLineA = GetCommandLineW();
+            auto argvW = std::unique_ptr<LPWSTR, local_free_deleter> { CommandLineToArgvW(commandLineA, &nArgs) };
+
+            if (argvW == nullptr) {
+				throw std::runtime_error("Failed to get command line arguments.");
+            }
+
+            if (nArgs <= 0) {
+                throw std::runtime_error("No command line arguments found, including program name.");
+			}
+
+            program_name = utf8_from_wstring(argvW.get()[0]);
+			parsed_arguments.reserve(static_cast<size_t>(nArgs - 1));
+            for (int i = 1; i < nArgs; ++i) {
+                parsed_arguments.emplace_back(utf8_from_wstring(argvW.get()[i]));
+			}
+        }
+
+        private: 
+        struct local_free_deleter {
+            void operator()(HLOCAL ptr) const noexcept {
+                if (ptr != nullptr) ::LocalFree(ptr);
+            }
+		};
+
+        static std::string utf8_from_wstring(const std::wstring& w) {
+			if (w.empty()) return {};
+            int needed = ::WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, w.c_str(), -1, nullptr, 0, nullptr, nullptr);
+            if (needed == 0) {
+                throw std::runtime_error("WideCharToMultiByte sizing failed ("
+                    + std::to_string(GetLastError()) + ")");
+            }
+
+            std::string out;
+            out.resize(static_cast<size_t>(needed - 1)); 
+            int written = ::WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, w.c_str(), -1,
+                out.data(), needed, nullptr, nullptr);
+            if (written == 0) {
+                throw std::runtime_error("WideCharToMultiByte convert failed ("
+                    + std::to_string(GetLastError()) + ")");
+            }
+            return out;
         }
     };