How to deliver PDF - Simple HTML href not Working

[Cuc Tu]

I'm trying to find a way to deliver a quantity of PDF files. I would like to ship them on a DVD.

There are a lot of files and plain language file naming would be impossible, so I thought it would be nice to make an HTML menu. The disc content is structures as follows:

<Files>
--file1.pdf
--file2.pdf
Menu.html

The menu lists document titles in logical groupings and each list item is an a href, such as:

<a href="Files/file1.pdf" target="_blank">File 1</a>
<a href="Files/file2.pdf" target="_blank">File 2</a>
...

Some users have complained that the links do not work. Sometimes they do. It seems to be an IE problem, or maybe some other system problem with the files being on a disc?

I'm not sure how to fix it, but I have to make the problem go away. I'd be happy to use any other approach, but cannot think of one.

[LochLomonder]

What about trying something like this application (http://www.softpedia.com/get/CD-DVD-Tools/AutoRun-Builders/CD-Front-End-LITE.shtml), which can create an auto-run CD for you?

[Cuc Tu]

I have a few thousand files and about 100 categories. I currently use a database script to write an HTML file. Autorun is not important.

I downloaded the application, but it seems for CD only, and I did not want to submit to the email spam.

I curious why simple HTML could be presenting problems for users. I've tested the discs and they always work fine for me...?

[Cuc Tu]

Is there a way to force the PDF to open in Acrobat or AR rather than in a browser?

I'm trying to avoid anything too fancy as we all sorts of users and computer configurations, plus the content is updated regularly and is a lot of work to produce as is.