diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 268168b..e37dcb2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,8 +16,5 @@ test = false
 doc = false
 name = "open"
 
-[target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
-windows-sys = { version = "0.42", features = ["Win32_UI_Shell", "Win32_Foundation", "Win32_UI_WindowsAndMessaging"] }
-
 [target.'cfg(all(unix, not(macos)))'.dependencies]
 pathdiff = "0.2.0"
diff --git a/src/windows.rs b/src/windows.rs
index 125770e..7bd5bcb 100644
--- a/src/windows.rs
+++ b/src/windows.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use std::os::raw::c_int;
-use windows_sys::Win32::UI::Shell::ShellExecuteW;
-use windows_sys::Win32::UI::WindowsAndMessaging::SW_SHOW;
 
 use crate::IntoResult;
 
@@ -32,35 +30,20 @@ fn convert_path(path: &OsStr) -> io::Result<Vec<u16>> {
 
 pub fn that<T: AsRef<OsStr>>(path: T) -> io::Result<()> {
     let path = convert_path(path.as_ref())?;
-    let operation: Vec<u16> = OsStr::new("open\0").encode_wide().collect();
-    let result = unsafe {
-        ShellExecuteW(
-            0,
-            operation.as_ptr(),
-            path.as_ptr(),
-            ptr::null(),
-            ptr::null(),
-            SW_SHOW,
-        )
-    };
-    (result as c_int).into_result()
+    Command::new("cmd")
+        .arg("/c")
+        .arg("start")
+        .arg(path.as_ref())
+        .status_without_output()
+        .into_result()
 }
 
 pub fn with<T: AsRef<OsStr>>(path: T, app: impl Into<String>) -> io::Result<()> {
     let path = convert_path(path.as_ref())?;
-    let operation: Vec<u16> = OsStr::new("open\0").encode_wide().collect();
-    let app_name: Vec<u16> = OsStr::new(&format!("{}\0", app.into()))
-        .encode_wide()
-        .collect();
-    let result = unsafe {
-        ShellExecuteW(
-            0,
-            operation.as_ptr(),
-            app_name.as_ptr(),
-            path.as_ptr(),
-            ptr::null(),
-            SW_SHOW,
-        )
-    };
-    (result as c_int).into_result()
+    Command::new("cmd")
+        .arg("/c")
+        .arg(app.into())
+        .arg(path.as_ref())
+        .status_without_output()
+        .into_result()
 }