Opening default web browser

Question

I am using the function below to open the user\'s default web browser.

 Public Function ShowHelp(ByVal url As String) As System.Diagnostics.Process
    Dim s         


        

Answer 1

That's the right way to launch the browser with a URL in general, but if it fails, I would just catch that specific exception, and then attempt to call iexplore to open the URL in IE, given that it is bound to be installed on any Windows system. (I assume you're not targeting Mono/Linux here.)