Open a URL in the Default Browser in Your .NET Application

Posted by johnnythawte in C programming

Virtually every application these days requires at least some connection to the internet. Letting the user click a link and open it in their browser is essential. This recipe shows you the 1 line method of doing so.

This is the absolute simplest way to launch a URL in a .NET application:
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("http://www.tech-recipes.com");

Just put this code in the click event for your control, and replace the URL in the sample code with your URL.

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June 11, 2009 at 11:30 pm, moises said:

thanks!!

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May 30, 2010 at 2:41 am, Anonymous said:

Awesome, thanks for this!

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December 27, 2010 at 2:10 pm, mohammad said:

thanks v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.thanks

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March 11, 2011 at 8:15 am, ronnie said:

is possible to pass post data in opening web browser?

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June 10, 2012 at 10:46 am, madhab kumar said:

I love my eyes when U look into them,
I love my name when U say it, from- madhab kumar , sana aryapalli

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April 06, 2013 at 11:33 pm, Sau Hi said:

How can I open a link with chosen browser. EX: Open link with Firefox but my default browser on computer is IE?

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