Shell to a new browser to open a URL

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Process.Start("explorer.exe", "www.google.com")

Works fine for me

Just a nice little sub, some people may like: (but its not as good as a 12" pizza sub!)

Private Sub NavigateWebURL(ByVal URL As String, Optional browser As String = "default")
 
    If Not (browser = "default") Then
        Try
            '// try set browser if there was an error (browser not installed)
            Process.Start(browser, URL)
        Catch ex As Exception
            '// use default browser
            Process.Start(URL)
        End Try
 
    Else
        '// use default browser
        Process.Start(URL)
 
    End If
 
End Sub

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Call: will open www.google.com in Firefox if it is installed on that PC.

NavigateWebURL("http://www.google.com", "Firefox") '// safari Firefox chrome etc

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Call: will open www.google.com in default browser.

NavigateWebURL("http://www.google.com", "default")

OR

NavigateWebURL("http://www.google.com")

The post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6...wser/#15192260