diff --git a/cmd/common-main.go b/cmd/common-main.go
index 2c13d2917..b2f2d9956 100644
--- a/cmd/common-main.go
+++ b/cmd/common-main.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import (
 
 	fcolor "github.com/fatih/color"
 	"github.com/go-openapi/loads"
+	"github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap"
 	dns2 "github.com/miekg/dns"
 	"github.com/minio/cli"
 	consoleCerts "github.com/minio/console/pkg/certs"
@@ -66,6 +67,17 @@ var serverDebugLog = env.Get("_MINIO_SERVER_DEBUG", config.EnableOff) == config.
 var defaultAWSCredProvider []credentials.Provider
 
 func init() {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		if mousetrap.StartedByExplorer() {
+			fmt.Printf("Don't double-click %s\n", os.Args[0])
+			fmt.Println("You need to open cmd.exe/PowerShell and run it from the command line")
+			fmt.Println("Refer to the docs here on how to run it as a Windows Service https://github.com/minio/minio-service/tree/master/windows")
+			fmt.Println("Press the Enter Key to Exit")
+			fmt.Scanln()
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+	}
+
 	rand.Seed(time.Now().UTC().UnixNano())
 
 	logger.Init(GOPATH, GOROOT)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8e2e4ad45..bc458809e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gomodule/redigo v2.0.0+incompatible
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
+	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0
 	github.com/jcmturner/gokrb5/v8 v8.4.2
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.13.6
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 480b1620a..2c9c550d2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -776,6 +776,7 @@ github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.7/go.mod h1:2EnlNZ0deacrJVfApfmtdGgDfMuh/nq6Ok1EcJ
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.8/go.mod h1:2EnlNZ0deacrJVfApfmtdGgDfMuh/nq6Ok1EcJh5FfA=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.9/go.mod h1:2EnlNZ0deacrJVfApfmtdGgDfMuh/nq6Ok1EcJh5FfA=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.10/go.mod h1:jmQim1M+e3UYxmgPu/WyfjB3N3VflVyUjjjwH0dnCYA=
+github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 h1:Z8tu5sraLXCXIcARxBp/8cbvlwVa7Z1NHg9XEKhtSvM=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
 github.com/influxdata/influxdb1-client v0.0.0-20191209144304-8bf82d3c094d/go.mod h1:qj24IKcXYK6Iy9ceXlo3Tc+vtHo9lIhSX5JddghvEPo=
 github.com/jackc/chunkreader v1.0.0 h1:4s39bBR8ByfqH+DKm8rQA3E1LHZWB9XWcrz8fqaZbe0=