Problem: Default icons don't match default apps.

In the past, when a file type was set to be opened by an app, it would have that app's file type icon. For example .mov would have the Quicktime Player file icon, and .mkv would have VLC player file icon and .avi would have the MPlayer file icon.
Now in Mavericks, I have noticed that file types have whatever icons they have. Changing the default app to open them doesn't change their icon.
This is mostly a cosmetic issue but I used to appreciate being able to see at a glance what I was getting into when double-clicking a file that had the file icon for MS Office or TextWrangler or Quicktime Player, etc. Now if it has a file icon associated with... whatever app... it can open in something else. So I have to pause, look at the extension then try to remember which app will open.
Again, like I said, not a tremendous issue but something that happens sufficiently frequently that I miss the old way...
I am wondering if it's a setting I don't know about, or that I messed something up?
I did a clean install to Mavericks because of persistent bugs since the upgrade and that seemed to clear up the bigger functionality issues... so I don't think it's a holdover from my old installs.
I would appreciate any advice on the matter.
Thanks.

The only thing I can think of is that you might have made an error when you added your chapter markers in FCE. There is a specific procedure that you must follow. You might try resetting your chapter markers again and see if that cures the problem.

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