Firefox 4 doesn't launch windows media player

When I click on a link for a wmv file, Firefox 4 opens a new tab and then does nothing. It should launch Windows Media Player, but it doesn't. Firefox 3 worked fine. It launched Windows Media Player and played the wmv file.
In Firefox 4, if I right click and then "Save Link as" it will download the wmv file to my hard drive and then I can play it by launching it myself.

There is no plugin for Windows Media content on Android for stock browser or Firefox mobile. If possible download the content and use an Android media player to view the content.

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*Press "Command + Shift + R" (Mac)
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Od wersji 20.01 w Firefox nie działa Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin. Po aktualizacji FF strony proszą mnie o zainstalowanie tej wtyczki. Jak to naprawić?

Witam wszystkich.
Od aktualizacji Firefoxa z wersji 20.0.1. do 21.0 dręczy mnie problem wtyczki Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin.
Po aktualizacji Firefoxa strony proszą mnie o zainstalowanie tej wtyczki tak jakby jej wcale nie było a przecież tą wtyczkę mam już od jakiegoś czasu zainstalowaną i korzystałem z niej.
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...W takim razie nie będę już kończył tego pytania ale mam inne do twórców Firefox:
Po co wy do diabła tak kombinujecie z tym nowymi wersjami? Następnym razem też będę musiał jakieś pliki przenosić gdzieś bo coś nie będzie mi po aktualizacji działać?
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Pozdrawiam.

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*http://www.ghacks.net/2013/05/15/why-you-may-have-lost-access-to-plugins-or-extensions-in-firefox-21/
*http://mike.kaply.com/2013/04/24/major-changes-coming-in-firefox-21/
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