This works under WinXP:
hExp = actxcontrol('Shell.Explorer.2', ...
[10, 10, 400, 400], gcf);
Navigate2(hExp, 'http://www.mathworks.com');
I cannot get really happy with this. But it is at least a good point to start.
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