diff --git a/shadowsocks-csharp/Util/Util.cs b/shadowsocks-csharp/Util/Util.cs
index 8912eb68..81ea61e5 100755
--- a/shadowsocks-csharp/Util/Util.cs
+++ b/shadowsocks-csharp/Util/Util.cs
@@ -268,34 +268,33 @@ namespace Shadowsocks.Util
         private static extern bool SetProcessWorkingSetSize(IntPtr process,
             UIntPtr minimumWorkingSetSize, UIntPtr maximumWorkingSetSize);
 
-
-        // See: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh925568(v=vs.110).aspx
-        public static bool IsSupportedRuntimeVersion()
+        public static void OpenInBrowser(string url)
         {
-            /*
-             * +-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
-             * | Version                                                         | Value of the Release DWORD |
-             * +-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
-             * | .NET Framework 4.6.2 installed on Windows 10 Anniversary Update | 394802                     |
-             * | .NET Framework 4.6.2 installed on all other Windows OS versions | 394806                     |
-             * +-----------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
-             */
-            const int minSupportedRelease = 394802;
-
-            const string subkey = @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full\";
-            using (var ndpKey = OpenRegKey(subkey, false, RegistryHive.LocalMachine))
+            try
             {
-                if (ndpKey?.GetValue("Release") != null)
+                Process.Start(url);
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                // hack because of this: https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/10361
+                if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
                 {
-                    var releaseKey = (int)ndpKey.GetValue("Release");
-
-                    if (releaseKey >= minSupportedRelease)
-                    {
-                        return true;
-                    }
+                    url = url.Replace("&", "^&");
+                    Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo("cmd", $"/c start {url}") { CreateNoWindow = true });
+                }
+                else if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Linux))
+                {
+                    Process.Start("xdg-open", url);
+                }
+                else if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.OSX))
+                {
+                    Process.Start("open", url);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    throw;
                 }
             }
-            return false;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/shadowsocks-csharp/View/MenuViewController.cs b/shadowsocks-csharp/View/MenuViewController.cs
index 3a14f0ad..b04c28ab 100644
--- a/shadowsocks-csharp/View/MenuViewController.cs
+++ b/shadowsocks-csharp/View/MenuViewController.cs
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ namespace Shadowsocks.View
 
         private void AboutItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
-            Process.Start("https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-windows");
+            Utils.OpenInBrowser("https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-windows");
         }
 
         private void notifyIcon1_Click(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ namespace Shadowsocks.View
 
         void openURLFromQRCode(object sender, FormClosedEventArgs e)
         {
-            Process.Start(_urlToOpen);
+            Utils.OpenInBrowser(_urlToOpen);
         }
 
         private void AutoStartupItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)