Linked pdfs from chm do not work in windows 8/explorer 11

I get the x broken link in top right corner... I tried all the solutions from changing reader settings to IE settings... no luck. the chm links works fine when opened on windows 7 and the pdfs open in multi screen and epub output. This is definitely a Windows 8/IE/Adobe Reader issue and it needs to be solved very soon or I may not have a job...

I get your point about CHM and falling sort of "behind the times". I've been a huge CHM fan for seemingly eons. I've loved the ability to package things into a single file and have it ship and the fact there is no external application needed in order for folks to use it on Windows systems.
But here's something that may surprise you.
It's been about a year ago, but I had a conversation with a high ranking Adobe person that advised that Adobe had performed a study and CHM was still among one of the most widely used output types. So that reason alone would seem to mandate that CHM output remain a viable option for the time being.
I do agree that manufacturers such as Adobe have the onus on them to ensure that things such as the PDF reader work as well as they are able. And I do believe they do. But I also realize that in some cases there is little to nothing they can really do. For example, how a CHM file handles something like PDF is totally up to Microsoft to control. And Microsoft hasn't updated the CHM reader in a very long while. Microsoft actually seems disinterested in providing any standard for help systems. I'm also aware that for CHM files, there is a lot of interaction between the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser and the HTML Help viewer. So any changes to the browser *CAN* (and frequently do) break functionality. Now toss in the fact that the PDF viewer also interacts with the browser and you get a very interesting concoction.
Don't even get me started on end user expectations... I click and it doesn't work. I want to click and the coffeemaker turn on, the lights to dim and music to play! LOL
Cheers... Rick

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