Force IE to go from web folder view to HTML view

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fltcpt

I am hoping some IE expert or someone who knows IE's internal
can answer this. I need to be able force IE to switch from web folder
(window explorer like) view back to HTML view, from my
web server. (The other way round is easy, just provide
a link with anchor click behavior). It seems like no matter what
status code my server returns, IE keeps sending PROPFIND
requests. I'd appreciate any trick anybody can think of.

Thanks so much.
 
Hi fltcpt,

Are you using IIS? Tried 404 or 500 errors? You can configure IIS to send a
custom error page with your error code which should switch the browser back
to a web browser.

a guess only, though.

Regards.
 
I am hoping some IE expert or someone who knows IE's internal
can answer this. I need to be able force IE to switch from web folder
(window explorer like) view back to HTML view, from my
web server. (The other way round is easy, just provide
a link with anchor click behavior). It seems like no matter what
status code my server returns, IE keeps sending PROPFIND
requests. I'd appreciate any trick anybody can think of.
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Have you tested this with IE7 too?

In view of the fact that IE7 doesn't even have a folder view any more
and, e.g., since its FTP folders view is being handled by Explorer itself,
I'm wondering if your web folders may not also be deprecated with it.

Thanks so much.
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Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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