try {
       // code
} catch(Exception ex) {
       // do something
}

void Execute(Action action) {
    try {
       action();
    } catch(Exception ex) {
       // log errors
    }
}

Execute(() => {open a file});

public static class SafeExecutor
{
    public static T Execute<T>(Func<T> operation)
    {
        try
        {
            return operation();
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            // Log Exception
        }
        return default(T);
    }
}

var data = SafeExecutor.Execute<string>(() =>
{
    // do something
    return "result";
});

public static class RetryHelper
{
   public static void RetryOperation(Action action, int numRetries, int retryTimeout)
   {
       if( action == null )
           throw new ArgumentNullException("action");

       do
       {
          try {  action(); return;  }
          catch
          { 
              if( numRetries <= 0 ) throw;
              else 
                 Thread.Sleep( retryTimeout );
           }
       } while( numRetries-- > 0 );
   }
}

RetryHelper.RetryOperation(() => SomeFunction(), 3, 1000);