diff --git a/src/gui/utils.cpp b/src/gui/utils.cpp
index b40dcbbf6..6bd4f1110 100644
--- a/src/gui/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/utils.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
 #include <Objbase.h>
 #include <Shlobj.h>
+#include <Shellapi.h>
 #endif
 
 #include <QApplication>
@@ -146,7 +147,24 @@ void Utils::Gui::openPath(const Path &path)
     const QUrl url = path.data().startsWith(u"//")
         ? QUrl(u"file:" + path.data())
         : QUrl::fromLocalFile(path.data());
+
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+    auto *thread = QThread::create([path]()
+    {
+        if (SUCCEEDED(::CoInitializeEx(NULL, (COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED | COINIT_DISABLE_OLE1DDE))))
+        {
+            const std::wstring pathWStr = path.toString().toStdWString();
+
+            ::ShellExecuteW(nullptr, nullptr, pathWStr.c_str(), nullptr, nullptr, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
+
+            ::CoUninitialize();
+        }
+    });
+    QObject::connect(thread, &QThread::finished, thread, &QObject::deleteLater);
+    thread->start();
+#else
     QDesktopServices::openUrl(url);
+#endif
 }
 
 // Open the parent directory of the given path with a file manager and select