diff --git a/common/src/workarounds/java/net/caffeinemc/mods/sodium/client/platform/MessageBox.java b/common/src/workarounds/java/net/caffeinemc/mods/sodium/client/platform/MessageBox.java
index bf0cfb47cb..fe80d7a501 100644
--- a/common/src/workarounds/java/net/caffeinemc/mods/sodium/client/platform/MessageBox.java
+++ b/common/src/workarounds/java/net/caffeinemc/mods/sodium/client/platform/MessageBox.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package net.caffeinemc.mods.sodium.client.platform;
 
 import net.caffeinemc.mods.sodium.client.compatibility.environment.OsUtils;
+import net.caffeinemc.mods.sodium.client.platform.windows.api.Shell32;
 import net.caffeinemc.mods.sodium.client.platform.windows.api.User32;
 import net.caffeinemc.mods.sodium.client.platform.windows.api.msgbox.MsgBoxCallback;
 import net.caffeinemc.mods.sodium.client.platform.windows.api.msgbox.MsgBoxParamSw;
@@ -58,11 +59,7 @@ public void showMessageBox(NativeWindowHandle window,
 
             if (helpUrl != null) {
                 msgBoxCallback = MsgBoxCallback.create(lpHelpInfo -> {
-                    try {
-                        Desktop.getDesktop().browse(URI.create(helpUrl));
-                    } catch (IOException e) {
-                        System.out.println("Failed to open! Giving up.");
-                    }
+                    Shell32.browseUrl(window, helpUrl);
                 });
             } else {
                 msgBoxCallback = null;
diff --git a/common/src/workarounds/java/net/caffeinemc/mods/sodium/client/platform/windows/api/Shell32.java b/common/src/workarounds/java/net/caffeinemc/mods/sodium/client/platform/windows/api/Shell32.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5409b7fcea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/workarounds/java/net/caffeinemc/mods/sodium/client/platform/windows/api/Shell32.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package net.caffeinemc.mods.sodium.client.platform.windows.api;
+
+import net.caffeinemc.mods.sodium.client.platform.NativeWindowHandle;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+import org.lwjgl.system.JNI;
+import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryStack;
+import org.lwjgl.system.SharedLibrary;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import static org.lwjgl.system.APIUtil.apiCreateLibrary;
+import static org.lwjgl.system.APIUtil.apiGetFunctionAddressOptional;
+import static org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil.NULL;
+
+public class Shell32 {
+    private static final SharedLibrary LIBRARY = apiCreateLibrary("shell32");
+
+    private static final long PFN_ShellExecuteW = apiGetFunctionAddressOptional(LIBRARY, "ShellExecuteW");
+
+    public static void browseUrl(@Nullable NativeWindowHandle window, String url) {
+        Objects.requireNonNull(url, "URL parameter must be non-null");
+
+        try (var stack = MemoryStack.stackPush()) {
+            stack.nUTF16("open", true);
+            var lpOperation = stack.getPointerAddress();
+
+            stack.nUTF16(url, true);
+            var lpFile = stack.getPointerAddress();
+
+            nShellExecuteW(window != null ? window.getWin32Handle() : NULL,
+                    lpOperation,
+                    lpFile,
+                    NULL,
+                    NULL,
+                    0x1 /* SW_NORMAL */);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static long nShellExecuteW(
+            /* HWND */      long hwnd,
+            /* LPCWSTR */   long lpOperation,
+            /* LPCWSTR */   long lpFile,
+            /* LPCWSTR */   long lpParameters,
+            /* LPCWSTR */   long lpDirectory,
+            /* INT */       int nShowCmd
+    ) {
+        return JNI.invokePPPPPP(hwnd, lpOperation, lpFile, lpParameters, lpDirectory, nShowCmd, checkPfn(PFN_ShellExecuteW));
+    }
+
+    private static long checkPfn(long pfn) {
+        if (pfn == NULL) {
+            throw new NullPointerException("Function pointer not available");
+        }
+
+        return pfn;
+    }
+}