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

If you're running on Windows, the following command-line should work from anywhere:

rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler 

where is the webpage URL to navigate to.

Public Function ShowHelp(ByVal url As String) As System.Diagnostics.Process
        Dim startInfo As New Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo()
        startInfo.FileName = "rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler"
        startInfo.Arguments = url
        startInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Maximized
        Return System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(startInfo)
End Function