Graphic Converter tries unsuccessfully to open my WMV Download

How can I get the Graphic Converter Application to get its hands off of my WMV download? I try and open the downloaded file and it comes up as broken with a page of programming info (unreadable letters). I think that someone (my nephew) must have tried to open the new download with this application for some reason.

Change the default "Open With" application via the Get Info window of Finder.
Highlight a .wmv file, Get Info and change the default back to your assigned app.

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