function Open-UrlInDefaultBrowser {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Opens the Given URL in the User's Default Browser
#>

    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [string]$url
    )

    $logLead  = (Get-LogLeadName);
	$edgeBrowserIdHash = "AppXq0fevzme2pys62n3e0fbqa7peapykr8v"

    [System.Uri]$uri = $null
    if (!([System.URI]::TryCreate($url, [System.UriKind]::Absolute, [ref]$uri) -and ($uri.Scheme -eq [System.Uri]::UriSchemeHttp -or $uri.Scheme -eq [System.Uri]::UriSchemeHttps))) {
        Write-Warning ("$logLead : The provided URL -- {0} -- could not be parsed as an absolute URI.  Be sure to pass in the URL prefix and a full URL" -f $url)
        return
    }
	#Gets default browser from regedit; if there is none, sets to IE.HTTP; Chrome is ChromeHTML
	#TODO set this up for https as well
	$HKCUPath = "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\http\UserChoice"
    $browserIdRaw = Get-ItemPropertyValue -Name ProgId -Path $HKCUPath -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

	if(!$browserIdRaw -or $browserIdRaw -eq $edgeBrowserIdHash)
	{
		$browserId = "IE.HTTP"
	}
	else
	{
	    $browserId = Get-ItemPropertyValue -Name ProgId -Path $HKCUPath -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
	}

	try {

		Write-Verbose ("$logLead : Browser ID read as {0}" -f $browserId)

        New-PSDrive -PSProvider registry -Root 'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT' -Name 'HKCR' | Out-Null
        $browserCmd = (Get-Item "HKCR:\$browserId\shell\open\command" | Get-ItemProperty | Select-Object -ExpandProperty "(default)")
        Write-Verbose ("$logLead : Raw browser command path read as {0}" -f $browserCmd)

        if ($browserCmd -match '\".+?\"') {
            return (Start-Process -FilePath $matches[0] -ArgumentList $url -PassThru).Id
        }
        else {
            Write-Warning ("$logLead : Could not read the browser command path from the registry")
        }
    }
    catch {
        Write-Warning ("$logLead : An unexpected exception occurred while opening the URL: {0}" -f $_.Exception.Message)
    }
    finally {
        Remove-PSDrive -Name "HKCR"
    }
}