diff --git a/src/shared/Core/Interop/Linux/LinuxSessionManager.cs b/src/shared/Core/Interop/Linux/LinuxSessionManager.cs
index 2147289ac..6bddf293c 100644
--- a/src/shared/Core/Interop/Linux/LinuxSessionManager.cs
+++ b/src/shared/Core/Interop/Linux/LinuxSessionManager.cs
@@ -21,44 +21,34 @@ public override bool IsWebBrowserAvailable
     
     private bool GetWebBrowserAvailable()
     {
-        // If this is a Windows Subsystem for Linux distribution we may
-        // be able to launch the web browser of the host Windows OS.
-        if (WslUtils.IsWslDistribution(Environment, FileSystem, out _))
-        {
-            // We need a shell execute handler to be able to launch to browser
-            if (!BrowserUtils.TryGetLinuxShellExecuteHandler(Environment, out _))
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
-
-            //
-            // If we are in Windows logon session 0 then the user can never interact,
-            // even in the WinSta0 window station. This is typical when SSH-ing into a
-            // Windows 10+ machine using the default OpenSSH Server configuration,
-            // which runs in the 'services' session 0.
-            //
-            // If we're in any other session, and in the WinSta0 window station then
-            // the user can possibly interact. However, since it's hard to determine
-            // the window station from PowerShell cmdlets (we'd need to write P/Invoke
-            // code and that's just messy and too many levels of indirection quite
-            // frankly!) we just assume any non session 0 is interactive.
-            //
-            // This assumption doesn't hold true if the user has changed the user that
-            // the OpenSSH Server service runs as (not a built-in NT service) *AND*
-            // they've SSH-ed into the Windows host (and then started a WSL shell).
-            // This feels like a very small subset of users...
-            //
-            if (WslUtils.GetWindowsSessionId(FileSystem) == 0)
-            {
-                return false;
-            }
+        // Determine system properties
+        bool hasHandler = BrowserUtils.TryGetLinuxShellExecuteHandler(Environment, out _);
+        bool isWsl = WslUtils.IsWslDistribution(Environment, FileSystem, out _);
+        bool isWslSession0 = isWsl && WslUtils.GetWindowsSessionId(FileSystem) == 0;
+        bool isDesktopSession = IsDesktopSession;
 
-            // If we are not in session 0, or we cannot get the Windows session ID,
-            // assume that we *CAN* launch the browser so that users are never blocked.
-            return true;
-        }
+        //
+        // WSL session 0 note:
+        // If we are in Windows logon session 0 then the user can never interact,
+        // even in the WinSta0 window station. This is typical when SSH-ing into a
+        // Windows 10+ machine using the default OpenSSH Server configuration,
+        // which runs in the 'services' session 0.
+        //
+        // If we're in any other session, and in the WinSta0 window station then
+        // the user can possibly interact. However, since it's hard to determine
+        // the window station from PowerShell cmdlets (we'd need to write P/Invoke
+        // code and that's just messy and too many levels of indirection quite
+        // frankly!) we just assume any non session 0 is interactive.
+        //
+        // This assumption doesn't hold true if the user has changed the user that
+        // the OpenSSH Server service runs as (not a built-in NT service) *AND*
+        // they've SSH-ed into the Windows host (and then started a WSL shell).
+        // This feels like a very small subset of users...
+        //
 
-        // We require an interactive desktop session to be able to launch a browser
-        return IsDesktopSession;
+        // We can launch a browser if:
+        // 1. We have a shell execute handler (xdg-open, wslview, etc.) and not blocked by WSL session 0, OR
+        // 2. We have a desktop session on non-WSL Linux (backward compatibility - assumes handler exists)
+        return (hasHandler && !isWslSession0) || (isDesktopSession && !isWsl && !hasHandler);
     }
 }