+#elif defined(__WXMSW__)
+ WinStruct<SHELLEXECUTEINFO> sei;
+ sei.lpFile = document.wx_str();
+ sei.lpVerb = _T("open");
+ sei.nShow = SW_SHOWDEFAULT;
+
+ // avoid Windows message box in case of error for consistency with
+ // wxLaunchDefaultBrowser() even if don't show the error ourselves in this
+ // function
+ sei.fMask = SEE_MASK_FLAG_NO_UI;
+
+ if ( ::ShellExecuteEx(&sei) )
+ return true;