Process.Start(url) broken on Windows 8/Chrome - are there alternatives?

Question

To open a URL from a .NET application, many sites (including on StackOverflow) cite this example:

Process.Start(\"http://www.google.com/\");

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Answer 1

You may try to specify the Process filename "explorer.exe" explicitly, like suggested in the following thread:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/nl-BE/toolsforwinapps/thread/e051a102-469e-4ede-882c-c2c89377652a

var startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("explorer.exe", url);
Process.Start(startInfo);