diff --git a/open/exec_windows.go b/open/exec_windows.go
index 4e91faf..c3ef088 100644
--- a/open/exec_windows.go
+++ b/open/exec_windows.go
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 package open
 
 import (
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
+)
 
-	"github.com/getlantern/runhide"
+var (
+	cmd       = "url.dll,FileProtocolHandler"
+	runDll32  = filepath.Join(os.Getenv("SYSTEMROOT"), "System32", "rundll32.exe")
 )
 
 func cleaninput(input string) string {
@@ -15,9 +20,9 @@ func cleaninput(input string) string {
 }
 
 func open(input string) *exec.Cmd {
-	return runhide.Command("cmd", "/C", "start", "", cleaninput(input))
+	return exec.Command(runDll32, cmd, input)
 }
 
 func openWith(input string, appName string) *exec.Cmd {
-	return runhide.Command("cmd", "/C", "start", "", appName, cleaninput(input))
+	return exec.Command("cmd", "/C", "start", "", appName, cleaninput(input))
 }