diff --git a/src/coff_parser.cxx b/src/coff_parser.cxx
index 25f4b28..4cee1f0 100644
--- a/src/coff_parser.cxx
+++ b/src/coff_parser.cxx
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ CoffParser::CoffParser(CoffReaderWriter* coff_reader)
  */
 bool CoffParser::Parse() {
     if (!this->coffStream_->Open()) {
-        std::cerr << "Unable to open coff file for reading: "
-                  << reportLastError() << "\n";
+        std::cerr << "Unable to open coff file: "
+                  << this->coffStream_->get_file()
+                  << " for reading: " << reportLastError() << "\n";
         return false;
     }
     int const invalid_valid_sig =
@@ -578,6 +579,40 @@ void CoffParser::ReportLongName(const char* data) {
     std::cout << "DLL: " << data << "\n";
 }
 
+std::string CoffParser::GetLongName() const {
+    // TODO(johnwparent): I think we can access the
+    // 2nd index of the members vec to get the long
+    // name
+    for (auto mem : this->coff_.members) {
+        if (mem.member->is_longname) {
+            return std::string(mem.member->data);
+        }
+    }
+    return std::string();
+}
+
+std::string CoffParser::GetShortName() const {
+    for (auto mem : this->coff_.members) {
+        if (mem.header->Name[0] != '/') {
+            int i = 0;
+            while (mem.header->Name[i] != '/') {
+                ++i;
+            }
+            return std::string(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(mem.header->Name),
+                               i);
+        }
+    }
+    return std::string();
+}
+
+std::string CoffParser::GetName() const {
+    std::string maybe_name = this->GetLongName();
+    if (maybe_name.empty()) {
+        maybe_name = this->GetShortName();
+    }
+    return maybe_name;
+}
+
 void CoffParser::Report() {
     for (auto mem : this->coff_.members) {
         if (mem.member->is_longname) {
diff --git a/src/coff_parser.h b/src/coff_parser.h
index 6cf7728..e485af0 100644
--- a/src/coff_parser.h
+++ b/src/coff_parser.h
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ class CoffParser {
     bool NormalizeName(std::string& name);
     void Report();
     int Verify();
+    std::string GetLongName() const;
+    std::string GetShortName() const;
+    std::string GetName() const;
     static int Validate(std::string& coff);
 };
 
diff --git a/src/coff_reader_writer.cxx b/src/coff_reader_writer.cxx
index cbab86f..6e34736 100644
--- a/src/coff_reader_writer.cxx
+++ b/src/coff_reader_writer.cxx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include "coff_reader_writer.h"
 #include "coff.h"
+#include "utils.h"
 
 #include <winnt.h>
 #include <cstdlib>
@@ -13,16 +14,31 @@
 #include <ios>
 #include <iosfwd>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <stdexcept>
 #include <string>
+#include <system_error>
 #include <utility>
 
 CoffReaderWriter::CoffReaderWriter(std::string const& file)
     : file_(std::move(file)) {}
 
 bool CoffReaderWriter::Open() {
-    this->pe_stream_.open(this->file_,
-                          std::ios::in | std::ios::out | std::ios::binary);
-    return this->pe_stream_.is_open();
+    std::wstring coff_file;
+    try {
+        coff_file = ConvertASCIIToWide(this->file_);
+    } catch (std::overflow_error& e) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    try {
+        ScopedFileAccess const obtain_write(coff_file, GENERIC_ALL);
+        this->pe_stream_.open(this->file_,
+                              std::ios::in | std::ios::out | std::ios::binary);
+        return this->pe_stream_.is_open();
+    } catch (std::system_error& e) {
+        std::cerr << "Could not obtain write access: " << e.what()
+                  << " (Error Code: " << e.code().value() << ")" << '\n';
+        return false;
+    }
 }
 
 bool CoffReaderWriter::Close() {