Opening url with video or audio in IE 8 under Windows 7

Opening url with video or audio in IE 8 under Windows 7 Using Win7-64 Ultimate RTM and IE 8, opening an URL with wma or wmv does not work.
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"Try this (found on Social answers @ Microsoft) by Charles Fook

Fix:

Open notepad paste these lines in

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi]
@=""WMP11.AssocFile.AVI""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.asf]
@=""WMP11.AssocFile.ASF""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wmv]
@=""WMP11.AssocFile.WMV""

Save file to your desktop 'filename'.reg -- make sure you change it from saving as a .txt file to a ""."" file
Open the file and agree to adjust registry
Open your movies"