diff --git a/Dalamud/Utility/Util.cs b/Dalamud/Utility/Util.cs
index 591479fbd..a1c2eb6b2 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Utility/Util.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Utility/Util.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ using System.Reflection.Emit;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text;
+using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 using Dalamud.Bindings.ImGui;
@@ -524,24 +525,36 @@ public static partial class Util
     public static bool IsWindows11() => Environment.OSVersion.Version.Build >= 22000;
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Open a link in the default browser.
+    /// Open a link in the default browser, and attempts to focus the newly launched application.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="url">The link to open.</param>
-    public static void OpenLink(string url)
-    {
-        var process = new ProcessStartInfo(url)
+    public static void OpenLink(string url) => new Thread(
+        static url =>
         {
-            UseShellExecute = true,
-            ErrorDialogParentHandle = Service<InterfaceManager>.GetNullable() is { } im
-                                          ? im.GameWindowHandle
-                                          : 0,
-            Verb = "open",
-        };
-        if (Service<Framework>.GetNullable() is { } fw)
-            _ = fw.RunOnFrameworkThread(() => Process.Start(process));
-        else
-            Process.Start(process);
-    }
+            try
+            {
+                var psi = new ProcessStartInfo((string)url!)
+                {
+                    UseShellExecute = true,
+                    ErrorDialogParentHandle = Service<InterfaceManager>.GetNullable() is { } im
+                                                  ? im.GameWindowHandle
+                                                  : 0,
+                    Verb = "open",
+                };
+                if (Process.Start(psi) is not { } process)
+                    return;
+
+                if (process.Id != 0)
+                    TerraFX.Interop.Windows.Windows.AllowSetForegroundWindow((uint)process.Id);
+                process.WaitForInputIdle();
+                TerraFX.Interop.Windows.Windows.SetForegroundWindow(
+                    (TerraFX.Interop.Windows.HWND)process.MainWindowHandle);
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                Log.Error(e, "{fn}: failed to open {url}", nameof(OpenLink), url);
+            }
+        }).Start(url);
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Perform a "zipper merge" (A, 1, B, 2, C, 3) of multiple enumerables, allowing for lists to end early.