diff --git a/Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Url/Main.cs b/Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Url/Main.cs
index 6cd486919b..1c3a708c84 100644
--- a/Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Url/Main.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Url/Main.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Windows.Controls;
 using Wox.Infrastructure.Storage;
+using Wox.Plugin.SharedCommands;
 
 namespace Wox.Plugin.Url
 {
@@ -79,15 +79,8 @@ namespace Wox.Plugin.Url
                             }
                             try
                             {
-                                if (_settings.BrowserPath.Length == 0)
-                                {
-                                    Process.Start(raw);
-                                }
-                                else
-                                {
-                                    Process.Start(_settings.BrowserPath,raw);
-                                }
-
+                                raw.NewBrowserWindow(_settings.BrowserPath);
+                                
                                 return true;
                             }
                             catch(Exception ex)
diff --git a/Wox.Plugin/SharedCommands/SearchWeb.cs b/Wox.Plugin/SharedCommands/SearchWeb.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0dc03ee6d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Wox.Plugin/SharedCommands/SearchWeb.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace Wox.Plugin.SharedCommands
+{
+    public static class SearchWeb
+    {
+        /// <summary> Opens search in a new browser. If no browser path is passed in then Chrome is used. 
+        /// Leave browser path blank to use Chrome.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static void NewBrowserWindow(this string url, string browserPath)
+        {
+            var browserExecutableName = browserPath?
+                                        .Split(new[] { Path.DirectorySeparatorChar }, StringSplitOptions.None)
+                                        .Last();
+
+            var browser = string.IsNullOrEmpty(browserExecutableName) ? "chrome" : browserPath;
+
+            // Internet Explorer will open url in new browser window, and does not take the --new-window parameter
+            var browserArguements = browserExecutableName == "iexplore.exe" ? url : "--new-window " + url;
+
+            Process.Start(browser, browserArguements);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Wox.Plugin/Wox.Plugin.csproj b/Wox.Plugin/Wox.Plugin.csproj
index 1acfef9491..8b1e9f0ca7 100644
--- a/Wox.Plugin/Wox.Plugin.csproj
+++ b/Wox.Plugin/Wox.Plugin.csproj
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Query.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Result.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ActionContext.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="SharedCommands\SearchWeb.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="packages.config" />
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Content Include="FodyWeavers.xml" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup />
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <Import Project="..\packages\Fody.1.29.2\build\dotnet\Fody.targets" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Fody.1.29.2\build\dotnet\Fody.targets')" />
   <Target Name="EnsureNuGetPackageBuildImports" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">