diff --git a/src/Gui/KSMainWindow.cpp b/src/Gui/KSMainWindow.cpp
--- a/src/Gui/KSMainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/KSMainWindow.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <QtMath>
 #include <QVariantAnimation>
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
+#include <QMimeDatabase>
 
 #ifdef XCB_FOUND
 #include <QX11Info>
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@
 #include <KSharedConfig>
 #include <KStandardAction>
 #include <KWindowSystem>
+#include <KMimeTypeTrader>
 
 static const int DEFAULT_WINDOW_HEIGHT = 420;
 static const int DEFAULT_WINDOW_WIDTH = 840;
@@ -372,7 +374,19 @@
 
 void KSMainWindow::openScreenshotsFolder()
 {
-    new KRun(Settings::defaultSaveLocation(), this);
+    const QUrl url = Settings::defaultSaveLocation();
+    const QList<QUrl> urls{url};
+
+    QMimeDatabase db;
+    QMimeType mime = db.mimeTypeForUrl(url);
+    KService::Ptr service = KMimeTypeTrader::self()->preferredService(mime.name());
+    if (service) {
+        KRun::runApplication(*service, urls, nullptr);
+    } else {
+        QTimer::singleShot(0, [urls] {
+            KRun::displayOpenWithDialog(urls, nullptr);
+        });
+    }
 }
 
 void KSMainWindow::quit(const QuitBehavior quitBehavior)