Open IE Browser Window

Question

The webbrowser library provides a convenient way to launch a URL with a browser window through the webbrowser.open() method. Numerous browser types are available, b

Answer 1

iexplore = os.path.join(os.environ.get("PROGRAMFILES", "C:\\Program Files"),
    "Internet Explorer\\IEXPLORE.EXE")
ie = webbrowser.BackgroundBrowser(iexplore)
ie.open(...)

This is what the webrowser module uses internally.