diff --git a/EverythingToolbar/Data/SearchResult.cs b/EverythingToolbar/Data/SearchResult.cs
index ebce03484..c878370a3 100644
--- a/EverythingToolbar/Data/SearchResult.cs
+++ b/EverythingToolbar/Data/SearchResult.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ public void Open()
         {
             try
             {
-                Process.Start(FullPathAndFileName);
+                Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo(FullPathAndFileName)
+                {
+                    UseShellExecute = true,
+                    WorkingDirectory = IsFile ? Path : FullPathAndFileName
+                });
                 EverythingSearch.Instance.IncrementRunCount(FullPathAndFileName);
             }
             catch (Exception e)
diff --git a/EverythingToolbar/Helpers/ShellUtils.cs b/EverythingToolbar/Helpers/ShellUtils.cs
index a71f80e40..e0589de2d 100644
--- a/EverythingToolbar/Helpers/ShellUtils.cs
+++ b/EverythingToolbar/Helpers/ShellUtils.cs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ private static extern bool CreateProcess(
             [In] ref STARTUPINFO lpStartupInfo,
             out PROCESS_INFORMATION lpProcessInformation);
 
-        public static void CreateProcessFromCommandLine(string commandLine)
+        public static void CreateProcessFromCommandLine(string commandLine, string workingDirectory = null)
         {
             var si = new STARTUPINFO();
             var pi = new PROCESS_INFORMATION();
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public static void CreateProcessFromCommandLine(string commandLine)
                 false,
                 0,
                 IntPtr.Zero,
-                null,
+                workingDirectory,
                 ref si,
                 out pi);
         }
diff --git a/EverythingToolbar/Rules.xaml.cs b/EverythingToolbar/Rules.xaml.cs
index cbb35e40d..33770fa6c 100644
--- a/EverythingToolbar/Rules.xaml.cs
+++ b/EverythingToolbar/Rules.xaml.cs
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ public static bool HandleRule(SearchResult searchResult, string command="")
                 command = command.Replace("%path%", "\"" + searchResult.Path + "\"");
                 try
                 {
-                    ShellUtils.CreateProcessFromCommandLine(command);
+                    ShellUtils.CreateProcessFromCommandLine(command, searchResult.Path);
                     return true;
                 }
                 catch(Win32Exception)