Process.Start cannot find http://www.microsoft.com

Question

See Use Visual C# method to start browser. The following is the sample code modified for a console program.

string target = "http://www.microsoft.com";
try
{
	System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(target);
}
catch (System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception noBrowser)
{
	if (noBrowser.ErrorCode == -2147467259)
		Console.WriteLine(noBrowser.Message);
}
catch (System.Exception other)
{
	Console.WriteLine(other.Message);
}

When I execute that I get:

An error occurred trying to start process 'http://www.microsoft.com'

I do not understand why. The code should work. Why I am getting that error?

The original code I am using is from Hyperlink columns: displaying the link in a browser | Programming pages. That code works except for the error above.

Answer 1

The default value of the UseShellExecute property has changed.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.diagnostics.processstartinfo.useshellexecute

That sample is for .NET Framework.
For .NET Core or .NET please do the following:

using System.Diagnostics;

string target = "http://www.microsoft.com";

var info = new ProcessStartInfo {
    FileName = target,
    UseShellExecute = true
};
Process.Start(info);