Ok, this code block also crashes Dev Studio 2008 and has nothing to do with CStrings:
Code:
#define URL "https://www.google.com"

		int Len = strlen(URL);
		char Buff[1024] = {0};
		CopyMemory( &Buff[0], URL, Len );
		ShellExecute(NULL,_T("open"),Buff, NULL,NULL,SW_SHOW);