From 1d62f492b0dd336db16f2893671695544136b7b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 17:12:50 +0000
Subject: Hack the Windows code to use os.popen(). The returned file is
 assigned to an instance variable; otherwise the implied close hangs for a
 long time.

---
 Lib/webbrowser.py | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/webbrowser.py b/Lib/webbrowser.py
index 5a4a80f..66cdbff 100644
--- a/Lib/webbrowser.py
+++ b/Lib/webbrowser.py
@@ -183,9 +183,7 @@ register("grail", Grail)
 
 class WindowsDefault:
     def open(self, url, new=0):
-        import win32api, win32con
-        win32api.ShellExecute(0, "open", url, None, ".",
-                              win32con.SW_SHOWNORMAL)
+        self.junk = os.popen("start " + url)
 
     def open_new(self, url):
         self.open(url)
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