sending network path in HTML email via VBA in Lotus Notes

I've got most of this working, I can create an HTML email and have it automatically parse the body text for a network path (looking for "\\") and then replace it with <a href=file:///, etc.....however, the link that appears in created emails opens an Internet Explorer window rather than a Windows Explorer window.....and then defaults to the intranet home page. I need these links to open in Windows Explorer.

I'm pretty sure it's the format of the <a href= html segment but I know bugger all about html. Anyone?


Full code, important bit marked in blue, I've had to remove SQL statements and put a space into html codes to get this to post:

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For anyone else trying to do the same thing, the answer is that the correct format of the href portion of the html is:

<p><a href='file:///" & UNCnetworkpath & "'>" & text to appear in the email & "</a></p>