Requirements for running Executable (CD)?

I'm encountering the exact same issue. Prepping to use Storyline for global distribution and realizing that Flash is required on user machines. Worse, there is no indication to the user about what they need to do (exe window is just blank). This is a huge issue for this type of use (I realize we're in the minority). The original post is over a year old, Flash has been dying a slow death for longer than that.

Your html5 output isn't that far off from being a complete solution, most of the unsupported html5 features in your compatibility table are technically possible. Maybe short-term polish html5 for IE and wrap that in an exe for local file system distribution, removing the Flash layer.

Unfortunately, due to time constraints, I'll need to recommend that my company switch to something more robust like Captivate (ironically to escape the Flash requirement). While apparently local file system deployment is a niche case, it is our most important requirement.