Update: I looked in the event viewer and under the Application tab I was getting this error (below) each time I tried to open the Console. Also I updated the connector software on my client PC (laptop) and now I no longer get the above error about storage.dll, but the console still wont stay open and gives me the following in the event viewer:
NET Runtime 2.0 Error Reporting
"EventType clr20r3, P1 homeserverconsole.exe, P2 6.0.0.0, P3 48791358, P4 whscommon, P5 6.0.0.0, P6 487912f9, P7 32a, P8 1c, P9 system.argumentoutofrange, P10 NIL."