Always launch Chrome in desktop mode (not Windows 8 mode)
Summary: You'll need to go into a zen-like trance and think only happy thoughts before dealing with Windows 8 issues. Good luck! Windows 8 is just SO frustrating. I've wasted hours trawling the net for fixes that shouldn't occur in the first place, or at least be intuitive enough to repair. Sadly this is not the case with Windows 8 ...