Custom URL links in PDF don't work.

I have registered custom xyz: protocol handler in Windows.
Creating a hyperlink in MS Word and clicking it works OK – my handler app gets invoked.
Saving Word document as PDF used to work (somewhat – by passing URL to the default browser).
Recently it stopped working altogether.
Questions: where should I look for recent changes? In registry? Some configuration / setting in Adobe Reader UI?
And most importantly – can I create a hyperlink to my custom protocol that will NOT involve the default browser (as Chrome, for example, gets lost)?

Here is what I do.
1. Register txt: protocol with Windows to open Notepad.exe, with this txt.reg file:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\txt]
@="URL:txt Protocol"
"URL Protocol"=""
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\txt\shell]
@="open"
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\txt\shell\open]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\txt\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Windows\\System32\\notepad.exe\" \"%1\""
2. Create MS Word document with two hyperlinks:
yahoo – linked to http://www.yahoo.com/
txt – linked to txt://test
3. “Save as…” this document as PDF, default options.
After that, open saved PDF in Adobe Reader, click on each link.
Clicking “yahoo” opens your default browser and navigates to yahoo.com.
Clicking “txt” has no visible effect.
Expected: open Notebook.exe and attempt to open specified file.
Note: that txt link works OK if clicked in the Word.
Also, the custom links used to work in the past in Adobe Reader as well.
I am looking for two things:
1. What could I change in the process of saving PDF or in Adobe settings to make this work again?
2. Is there a way to specify hyperlink in PDF to a custom protocol handler and NOT have it go through the default browser?
Thank you,
Vlad

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