--- origsrc/lisp/net/browse-url.el	2009-11-20 11:34:25.000000000 -0500
+++ src/lisp/net/browse-url.el	2009-11-20 11:35:28.000000000 -0500
@@ -693,7 +693,9 @@
 	  (cond ((not (buffer-modified-p)))
 		(browse-url-save-file (save-buffer))
 		(t (message "%s modified since last save" file))))))
-  (browse-url (browse-url-file-url file))
+  (if (eq system-type 'cygwin)
+      (shell-command (concat "cygstart " (shell-quote-argument file)))
+    (browse-url (browse-url-file-url file)))
   (run-hooks 'browse-url-of-file-hook))
 
 (defun browse-url-file-url (file)
@@ -830,11 +832,13 @@
 
 (defun browse-url-default-windows-browser (url &optional new-window)
   (interactive (browse-url-interactive-arg "URL: "))
-  (if (eq system-type 'ms-dos)
-      (if dos-windows-version
-	  (shell-command (concat "start " (shell-quote-argument url)))
-	(error "Browsing URLs is not supported on this system"))
-    (w32-shell-execute "open" url)))
+  (cond ((eq system-type 'ms-dos)
+	 (if dos-windows-version
+	     (shell-command (concat "start " (shell-quote-argument url)))
+	   (error "Browsing URLs is not supported on this system")))
+	((eq system-type 'cygwin)
+	 (shell-command (concat "cygstart " (shell-quote-argument url))))
+	(t (w32-shell-execute "open" url))))
 
 (defun browse-url-default-macosx-browser (url &optional new-window)
   (interactive (browse-url-interactive-arg "URL: "))