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Everyone loves WMV! Not! Jokes aside, here’s what finally worked for me when trying to force download Windows Media Video (WMV) files.

The technique is surprisingly simple; just add this snippet of code to the root .htaccess file:

<Files *.wmv>
	ForceType application/force-download
	Header set Content-Disposition attachment
	Header set Content-type application/force-download
	Header set Content-Transfer-Encoding binary
</Files>

As with many .htaccess tricks, there’s no editing required — just drop it in and done. Cheers!