Open media links in another program

I am wondering if there is a way to mimic IE's behavior with links to media files. In IE, if I click on a link to a raw video file (e.g. .wmv file), it will open the link in Windows Media Player and stream the file as it downloads.
If I click on the same link in Firefox, it will download the file, then have my default media player open the file.
Ideally I would like to be able to specify that any links with a particular content type should be opened in anther program that I can specify.
Note that I am not interested in having Firefox load the file itself in an embedded player, but rather have the link opened in the media player itself.

Make sure that Firefox is set as the default browser.
See [[How to make Firefox the default browser]] and http://kb.mozillazine.org/Default_browser
Check that you do not run Firefox as Administrator.
Right-click the Firefox desktop shortcut and choose "Properties".
In the Compatibility tab, make sure that Privilege Level: "Run this program as Administrator" is not selected.
You also need to check the Properties of the firefox.exe program in the Firefox program directory.
If you can't make the changes then you need to start Windows Explorer as Administrator.

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