Hyperlink to a spot in a file folder?

This is slightly OT, but not completely.
I need to create a hyperlink to a spot in a file list on the server.
For instance, we have our pdf directory which looks like this
Y:/12345_-.pdf
Y:/12346_-.pdf
Y:/12346_A.pdf
I want to create a hyperlink that will pull up the folder listing in windows explorer, with the cursor at the first occurrence of my search term, so that if the search term is 12346, 12345_-.pdf would be highlighted.
The catch is: it has to be done via a hyperlink.
Anybody know how I can do this?
TIA

Hi Michael.
There are a couple of ways to achieve this. To link to a specific page by number use:
<a href="http://www.domain.com/file.pdf#page=3">Link text</a>
To link to a named location (destination) use:
<a href="http://www.domain.com/file.pdf#nameddest=TOC">Link text</a>
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  @robocolumn
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