Index: src/ch/UpdaterDlg.cpp
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diff -u -N -rf50eaa3403491acfd602db81dd39dcdb8078a99a -rb82ebc5caf998dbfd61370968f0438d8fb74897a
--- src/ch/UpdaterDlg.cpp	(.../UpdaterDlg.cpp)	(revision f50eaa3403491acfd602db81dd39dcdb8078a99a)
+++ src/ch/UpdaterDlg.cpp	(.../UpdaterDlg.cpp)	(revision b82ebc5caf998dbfd61370968f0438d8fb74897a)
@@ -60,7 +60,19 @@
 
 void CUpdaterDlg::OnBnClickedOpenWebpageButton()
 {
-	ShellExecute(NULL, _T("open"), m_ucChecker.GetDownloadAddress(), NULL, NULL, SW_SHOW);
+	CString str;
+	str.Format(_T("Opening a browser with address %s..."), (PCTSTR)m_ucChecker.GetDownloadAddress());
+	LOG_DEBUG(str);
+
+	str.Format(_T("url.dll,FileProtocolHandler %s"), (PCTSTR)m_ucChecker.GetDownloadAddress());
+	ulong_t ulRes = (ulong_t)ShellExecute(NULL, _T("open"), _T("rundll32.exe"), str, NULL, SW_SHOW);
+
+	str.Format(_T("ShellExecute returned %lu"), ulRes);
+	LOG_DEBUG(str);
+
+	// close the dialog if succeeded; 32 is some arbitrary value from ms docs
+	if(ulRes > 32)
+		CUpdaterDlg::OnOK();
 }
 
 void CUpdaterDlg::OnTimer(UINT_PTR nIDEvent)