Open an URL in the Default Web Browser in WinRT

You can use Windows.System.Launcher to launch files and URL's...

• Windows.System.Launcher.LaunchUriAsync(Uri) will launch a given Uri with the default application. If it's a link it will open with default web browser. You can use file:/// scheme to open an network resource, but not resources on the local file system.

• Windows.System.Launcher.LaunchFileAsync(IStorageFile) will launch the default application for the given file.

Both that methods has an optional second parameter of type Windows.System.LauncherOptions that customizes the launch.

In WinRT, you can use Windows.System.Launcher.LaunchUriAsync to launch the default app associated with the specified URI. For a web link, the default browser would be used.

MSDN: Launcher.LaunchUriAsync(Uri) | launchUriAsync(Uri) method