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Open Web Browser Window to URL C#

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I needed to open a browser window from my small C# app as a result of a dynamic URL build from data received from the command line. This did the trick!

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  1. using System.Diagnostics;
  2. using Microsoft.Win32;
  3.  
  4.  
  5. private static string GetDefaultBrowserPath()
  6.         {
  7.             string key = @"htmlfile\shell\open\command";
  8.             RegistryKey registryKey =  Registry.ClassesRoot.OpenSubKey(key, false);
  9.             return ((string)registryKey.GetValue(null, null)).Split('"')[1];
  10.         }
  11.  
  12.  
  13. static public void openBrowser(string theURL)
  14.         {
  15.             string defaultBrowserPath = GetDefaultBrowserPath();
  16.             try
  17.             {
  18.                 Process.Start(defaultBrowserPath, theURL);
  19.             }
  20.             catch (Exception exp)
  21.             {
  22.                 Console.WriteLine(exp.Message);
  23.                 System.Diagnostics.EventLog.WriteEntry("ERROR", exp.Message, System.Diagnostics.EventLogEntryType.Error);
  24.             }
  25.         }

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