Opening asx in WMP through HTML in Vista, with VLC player installed
We have an online store with movie rentals through the internet (streaming). On this service, we have both an integrated player and a function to open the movie in WMP externally.
The function to open in WMP externally basically calls up an .asx-file to be opened with WMP. When having VLC Player installed on a computer with Windows Vista (any dist), all of the sudden the .asx-file doesn't get loaded up in WMP properly and just recalls back to the service (web page).
File-association doesn't seem to have any affect, since both .asx and .wmv are still associated with WMP. When uninstalling VLC Player, the issue is "resolved".
I previously had VLC Player 0.8.6b installed on a computer with Windows XP. This setup caused no issue. However, when upgrading to 0.9.2 under Windows XP, it seems that it associates asx with VLC. When changing back the association, the issue is resolved even though VLC player is still installed.
This option is not available in Vista.