ITunes hijacks file associations

I am a fairly new iPod owner and had to install iTunes to manage the player. After installation, iTunes opens a variety of file types including .wav files even though I have deselected the file types within iTunes preferences and assured that the file type are associated with another player within Windows. It looks like a common problem from the other forums but I can find a fix. HELP!!

You can fix individual files types quite easily.
Find a file of the type your are interested in. Right click on it and select "Open with", then select choose program.
You should see a check box "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file". Check it, then select the program you want to use and click OK.

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