Thanks Al. As you pointed out, I found Tools/Options in the Windows Media Viewer menu. The file associations in there were apparently overriding my other file associations. I found many other options in there, for instance "Send unique Player ID to content providers". Because of things such as that, I am reluctant to use Windows Media Player. Thanks also to others who responded.


Windows Media Player gives you the option to 'not open'  .WMV files.  ' Tools / Options ', then choose the 'File
Types' tab. Any file types you uncheck may need to be associated with another program. Irfanview is nice - don't
know if it's an online viewer, however. http://www.irfanview.com/
Al Thompson


> I don't use Windows Media Player to view files such as .wmv because it wants
> to "call home" much more than other programs. I use Zoom or Zplayer at present.
> But when I'm browsing and an address is a wmv, Windows Media Player starts.
> I don't know how or if I can change that association. Can it be done?
> Thanks!

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