private string GetDefaultBrowserPath()
        {
            try
            {
                if (ApplicationSettings.appSettings().LogEvents)
                {
                    CrossProductLogging.WriteEventLogFile("Begin GetDefaultBrowserPath");
                }

                string key = @"htmlfile\shell\open\command";
                RegistryKey registryKey =
                Registry.ClassesRoot.OpenSubKey(key, false);
                // get default browser path
                if (ApplicationSettings.appSettings().LogEvents)
                {
                    CrossProductLogging.WriteEventLogFile("End GetDefaultBrowserPath");
                }
                return ((string)registryKey.GetValue(null, null)).Split('"')[1];
            }
            catch
            {
                return "";
            }
        }