Visual Basic Open URL with Default Browser

The code in the accepted answer gave a compile error for me I got the code below from MSDN Use ShellExecute to launch the default Web browser

Private Declare Function ShellExecute _
                            Lib "shell32.dll" _
                            Alias "ShellExecuteA"( _
                            ByVal hwnd As Long, _
                            ByVal lpOperation As String, _
                            ByVal lpFile As String, _
                            ByVal lpParameters As String, _
                            ByVal lpDirectory As String, _
                            ByVal nShowCmd As Long) _
                            As Long

Private Sub Command1_Click()
   Dim r As Long
   r = ShellExecute(0, "open", "http://www.microsoft.com", 0, 0, 1)
End Sub

Option Explicit

'Link the kernel method that allows a process to be open/spawn

Private Declare Function ShellExecute _
                            Lib "shell32.dll" _
                            Alias "ShellExecuteA" ( _
                            ByVal hwnd As Long, _
                            ByVal lpOperation As String, _
                            ByVal lpFile As String, _
                            ByVal lpParameters As String, _
                            ByVal lpDirectory As String, _
                            ByVal nShowCmd As Long) _
                            As Long

Private Sub mnuAbrirNavegador_Click(Index As Integer)
    OpenUrl("http://www.microsoft.com")
End Sub

Private Sub OpenUrl(ByVal url As String)
    r = ShellExecute(0, "open", url, 0, 0, 1)
End Sub

It is simple! Just use the Wscript createobject Method

CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run "www.example.com"

VB.NET:

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("http://example.com")

VB 6 (not sure):

Declare Function ShellExecuteA Lib "shell32.dll" ( _
    ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, _
    ByVal lpOperation As String, _
    ByVal lpFile As String, _
    ByVal lpParameters As String, _
    ByVal lpDirectory As String, _
    ByVal nShowCmd As Integer) As IntPtr

ShellExecuteA(Me.Handle, "open", "http://example.com", "", "", 4)