Control Folder View Options From Browser

We are developing an intranet site for our company. One primary function is to serve as more rapid navigation to the various resources on our file server.

This is relatively simple using hyperlinks. The problem we are having is on managing the view settings for the folder that opens from the hyperlink. The preferred view for most users in our company is the folder view. We have the intranet page hyperlinks set to open the folder in a new window but the view settings come up as either icon or thumbnail for no particular reason we can see.

It does not appear to be attached to the file view settings on the client computer. If the folder is full of pictures it opens in media view. It seems to be trying to think too much for the user. A typical line of code is shown below:

<a target="_blank" href="../../../folder">folder</a>

Does anyone have any suggestions for getting past this?

Sincerely,

David Brown
davidb@royalelect.com