How do I prevent Qicktime from attempting to open .WMV files

When I double-click on a .WMV file, QT player tries to open it and displays the errorr message that it cannot recognise it.
I have tried the following:
'Open with...' then 'Other" and then selecting Windows Media Player, marking the box "Always open with" and opening. It plays it once in WMP and the next time QT triess to open it again.
The second thing I tried was to "get info". The box allows you to select an application for opening, but here it will not allow me to select WMP, although it is marked as an option.
How do I set QT so that it does not always try to muscle in on everything?

The settings of the Finder (your desktop) are different from the bowser plug-in.
If these are files you have downloaded (local files) and they are not encoded to be used with the Windows Media Player then the file extension is used to pick the next, most logical choice.
It seems your computer can't "remember" the settings.
Try the Disk Utility and "repair permissions".
If the file refuses to open in WMP maybe it's not a file that can be viewed in the app?

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