Shellexecute with ie8 -> not working

Hi all.

I have been using this line for years:

ShellExecute Me.hWnd, "Open", ThisUrl, "", "", 1

ThisUrl could be "http://www.google.com" for example.

It worked no problem for years.
Just tried it today, with IE8...

IE8 opens, but no URL is shown.
See attached image.
Any suggestion would be much appreciated.

David

Works fine for me. Have you tried to nagivate to a site that you know is up and running ? The fact that it's displaying "Connecting" may imply that wherever it was navigating to wasn't available

Code:

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Option Explicit

Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" _
                    (ByVal hwnd As Long, _
                    ByVal lpOperation As String, _
                    ByVal lpFile As String, _
                    ByVal lpParameters As String, _
                    ByVal lpDirectory As String, _
                    ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long
                   
Private Const SW_SHOWNORMAL As Long = 1

Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim lngRet As Long
lngRet = ShellExecute(Me.hwnd, "Open", "http://www.google.com", vbNullString, vbNullString, SW_SHOWNORMAL)
End Sub

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