Use rundll32.exe for launching URL schemes

src/platform/windows/misc.cpp

@@ -785,23 +785,12 @@ namespace platf {
     }
 
     auto raw_target = raw_cmd_parts.at(0);
-    std::wstring lookup_string;
-    HRESULT res;
-
     if (PathIsURLW(raw_target.c_str())) {
-      std::array<WCHAR, 128> scheme;
-
-      DWORD out_len = scheme.size();
-      res = UrlGetPartW(raw_target.c_str(), scheme.data(), &out_len, URL_PART_SCHEME, 0);
-      if (res != S_OK) {
-        BOOST_LOG(warning) << "Failed to extract URL scheme from URL: "sv << raw_target << " ["sv << util::hex(res).to_string_view() << ']';
-        return from_utf8(raw_cmd);
+      // If the target is a URL, handle it directly with rundll32.exe
+      std::wstring cmd = L"rundll32.exe url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + raw_target;
+      return cmd;
     }
 
-      // If the target is a URL, the class is found using the URL scheme (prior to and not including the ':')
-      lookup_string = scheme.data();
-    }
-    else {
     // If the target is not a URL, assume it's a regular file path
     auto extension = PathFindExtensionW(raw_target.c_str());
     if (extension == nullptr || *extension == 0) {
@@ -818,8 +807,8 @@ namespace platf {
     }
 
     // For regular files, the class is found using the file extension (including the dot)
-      lookup_string = extension;
-    }
+    std::wstring lookup_string = extension;
+    HRESULT res;
 
     std::array<WCHAR, MAX_PATH> shell_command_string;
     bool needs_cmd_escaping = false;