diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 0a0b2ec..d0647f0 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ mod windows {
     use std::ffi::OsStr;
     use std::io;
     use std::os::windows::{ffi::OsStrExt, process::ExitStatusExt};
-    use std::process::{Command, ExitStatus};
+    use std::process::ExitStatus;
     use std::ptr;
 
     use winapi::ctypes::c_int;
@@ -107,7 +107,25 @@ mod windows {
     }
 
     pub fn that<T: AsRef<OsStr> + Sized>(path: T) -> io::Result<ExitStatus> {
-        Command::new("explorer").arg(path).spawn()?.wait()
+        const SW_SHOW: c_int = 5;
+
+        let path = convert_path(path.as_ref())?;
+        let operation: Vec<u16> = OsStr::new("open\0").encode_wide().collect();
+        let result = unsafe {
+            ShellExecuteW(
+                ptr::null_mut(),
+                operation.as_ptr(),
+                path.as_ptr(),
+                ptr::null(),
+                ptr::null(),
+                SW_SHOW,
+            )
+        };
+        if result as c_int > 32 {
+            Ok(ExitStatus::from_raw(0))
+        } else {
+            Err(io::Error::last_os_error())
+        }
     }
 
     pub fn with<T: AsRef<OsStr> + Sized>(