diff --git a/VisualC-WinRT/UWP_VS2015/SDL-UWP.vcxproj.filters b/VisualC-WinRT/UWP_VS2015/SDL-UWP.vcxproj.filters
index 14619dd03..e4ec4e4a6 100644
--- a/VisualC-WinRT/UWP_VS2015/SDL-UWP.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/VisualC-WinRT/UWP_VS2015/SDL-UWP.vcxproj.filters
@@ -438,6 +438,9 @@
     <ClInclude Include="..\..\src\events\SDL_displayevents_c.h">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="..\..\include\SDL_misc.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\atomic\SDL_atomic.c">
@@ -791,5 +794,11 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\events\SDL_displayevents.c">
       <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\misc\winrt\SDL_sysurl.cpp">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\misc\SDL_url.c">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
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diff --git a/src/misc/winrt/SDL_sysurl.cpp b/src/misc/winrt/SDL_sysurl.cpp
index 69393cb10..d2bd4de9f 100644
--- a/src/misc/winrt/SDL_sysurl.cpp
+++ b/src/misc/winrt/SDL_sysurl.cpp
@@ -21,17 +21,22 @@
 
 #include <Windows.h>
 
+#include "../../core/windows/SDL_windows.h"
 #include "../SDL_sysurl.h"
 
 int
 SDL_SYS_OpenURL(const char *url)
 {
-    Platform::String^ strurl = url;
+    WCHAR *wurl = WIN_UTF8ToString(url);
+    if (!wurl) {
+        return SDL_OutOfMemory();
+    }
+    auto strurl = ref new Platform::String(wurl);
     SDL_free(wurl);
 
     auto uri = ref new Windows::Foundation::Uri(strurl);
-    launchUriOperation(Windows::System::Launcher::LaunchUriAsync(uri));
-    return 0;
+    Windows::System::Launcher::LaunchUriAsync(uri);
+    return 0;  // oh well, we're not waiting on an async task here.
 }
 
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