diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9b1c5367..b159e6ca 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4124,6 +4124,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "uuid",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/packages/oneclient_app/Cargo.toml b/packages/oneclient_app/Cargo.toml
index 02042199..977ff266 100644
--- a/packages/oneclient_app/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/oneclient_app/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ freya = { git = "https://github.com/marc2332/freya.git", features = ["engine", "
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "macos")'.dependencies]
 mimalloc = "=0.1.52"
 
+[target.'cfg(target_os = "windows")'.dependencies]
+windows-sys = { version = "0.60", features = ["Win32_UI_Shell", "Win32_Foundation"] }
+
 [patch.crates-io]
 freya = { git = "https://github.com/marc2332/freya.git", branch = "fix/blur" }
 # Build then package (per OS):
diff --git a/packages/oneclient_app/src/platform.rs b/packages/oneclient_app/src/platform.rs
index 6260415f..fb5dee59 100644
--- a/packages/oneclient_app/src/platform.rs
+++ b/packages/oneclient_app/src/platform.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
 pub fn open_url(url: &str) {
     let result = {
         #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
@@ -9,10 +10,6 @@ pub fn open_url(url: &str) {
         {
             std::process::Command::new("open").arg(url).spawn()
         }
-        #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
-        {
-            std::process::Command::new("explorer").arg(url).spawn()
-        }
     };
 
     if let Err(err) = result {
@@ -20,6 +17,40 @@ pub fn open_url(url: &str) {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+pub fn open_url(url: &str) {
+    use std::os::windows::ffi::OsStrExt;
+    use windows_sys::Win32::UI::Shell::ShellExecuteW;
+
+    // SW_SHOWNORMAL
+    const SW_SHOWNORMAL: i32 = 1;
+
+    fn wide(s: &str) -> Vec<u16> {
+        std::ffi::OsStr::new(s)
+            .encode_wide()
+            .chain(std::iter::once(0))
+            .collect()
+    }
+
+    let operation = wide("open");
+    let file = wide(url);
+
+    let ret = unsafe {
+        ShellExecuteW(
+            std::ptr::null_mut(),
+            operation.as_ptr(),
+            file.as_ptr(),
+            std::ptr::null(),
+            std::ptr::null(),
+            SW_SHOWNORMAL,
+        )
+    };
+
+    if (ret as isize) <= 32 {
+        tracing::warn!("failed to open url {url}: ShellExecuteW returned {}", ret as isize);
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn copy_image_to_clipboard(path: std::path::PathBuf) {
     std::thread::spawn(move || {
         let img = match image::open(&path) {