diff --git a/crates/deskulpt-core/Cargo.toml b/crates/deskulpt-core/Cargo.toml
index c12ca33b..4e7235c5 100644
--- a/crates/deskulpt-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/deskulpt-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ anyhow                       = { workspace = true }
 bincode                      = { workspace = true }
 dunce                        = { workspace = true }
 once_cell                    = { workspace = true }
-open                         = { workspace = true }
+open                         = { workspace = true, features = ["shellexecute-on-windows"] }
 oxc                          = { workspace = true }
 path-clean                   = { workspace = true }
 rolldown                     = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/deskulpt-core/src/commands/open_in_widgets_dir.rs b/crates/deskulpt-core/src/commands/open_in_widgets_dir.rs
index 6086e316..0dbe79fe 100644
--- a/crates/deskulpt-core/src/commands/open_in_widgets_dir.rs
+++ b/crates/deskulpt-core/src/commands/open_in_widgets_dir.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pub async fn open_in_widgets_dir<R: Runtime>(
 ) -> CmdResult<()> {
     let mut open_path = app_handle.widgets_dir().to_path_buf();
     open_path.extend(components);
-    open::that(open_path)?;
+    open::that_detached(open_path)?;
 
     Ok(())
 }