From 1da0ad7f13d075b4aa7e106d07770528fe985d45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jasper T <>
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2021 23:01:40 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Disable UseShellExecute and bring the window to front
 from UWP apps

---
 BrowserSelect/Form1.cs | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/BrowserSelect/Form1.cs b/BrowserSelect/Form1.cs
index 420c3e4..4dfb605 100644
--- a/BrowserSelect/Form1.cs
+++ b/BrowserSelect/Form1.cs
@@ -253,7 +253,12 @@ public static void open_url(Browser b, bool incognito = false)
             }
             else
             {
-                Process.Start(b.exec, Program.Args2Str(args));
+                ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(b.exec);
+                // Clicking MS Edge takes more than 4 seconds to load, even with an existing window
+                // Disabling UseShellExecute to create the process directly from the browser executable file
+                startInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
+                startInfo.Arguments = Program.Args2Str(args);
+                Process.Start(startInfo);
             }
             Application.Exit();
         }
@@ -285,6 +290,11 @@ private void center_me()
 
             this.Location = new Point(left, top);
             this.Activate();
+            // Bring BrowserSelect up front if link is clicked inside UWP apps, notably Windows Terminal
+            this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal;
+            this.BringToFront();
+            this.TopMost = true;
+            this.Focus();
         }
 
         private void btn_help_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

From c31cdb125aef3c9b178895030cfa4f07e26860a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jasper T <>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 00:25:37 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Bring window to the front and steal focus in case user
 CTRL - Click to follow links

---
 BrowserSelect/Form1.cs | 14 +++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/BrowserSelect/Form1.cs b/BrowserSelect/Form1.cs
index 4dfb605..e261412 100644
--- a/BrowserSelect/Form1.cs
+++ b/BrowserSelect/Form1.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public partial class Form1 : Form
         public Form1()
         {
             InitializeComponent();
+            MaximizeBox = false;
         }
 
         public void updateBrowsers()
@@ -289,12 +290,15 @@ private void center_me()
             var top = wa.Height / 2 + wa.Top - Height / 2;
 
             this.Location = new Point(left, top);
-            this.Activate();
-            // Bring BrowserSelect up front if link is clicked inside UWP apps, notably Windows Terminal
-            this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal;
-            this.BringToFront();
+
+            
+            // Borrowed from https://stackoverflow.com/a/5853542
+            // Get the window to the front
             this.TopMost = true;
-            this.Focus();
+            this.TopMost = false;
+
+            // "Steal" the focus
+            this.Activate();            
         }
 
         private void btn_help_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)