MJ Posted December 6, 2002 Report Share Posted December 6, 2002 Does anyone know how to run an executable file - *.exe on MAC, i.e. what Application should it be Associated with? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted December 6, 2002 Report Share Posted December 6, 2002 in my understanding, just like in PC, *.exe IS a program, not a file. it needs not to be associated with anything. it should run by itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted December 6, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2002 Unfortunately, it doesn't . It requires an Application to be Associated with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted December 6, 2002 Report Share Posted December 6, 2002 What is .exe? Sounds like a MS virus file to me. Mac doesn't open MS files unless you have a converter or a program for it. I have MS Word for instance, so I can open .doc attachments, but it never allows me to open .exe files. It says something in the lines of: "This application cannot be found", which is brilliant, especially when I have accidentally tried to open MS viruses! I don't really understand what you're asking for. Give me some more detail, otherwise you'll have to wait for Vava to show... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted December 6, 2002 Report Share Posted December 6, 2002 The "exe" extension is most often used for x86 binaries... ie programs which have been created to run on intel processor-based PCs (which means you need DOS or Windows). Since MACs have different processors (new ones are PowerPC) and also have different operating systems (i.e. MacOS), they cannot run EXE programs. That is as far as I know about MAC. Considering the fact that newer MAC operating systems are essentially UNIX, there may be "windows emulators" or "x86 processor emulators" which may let you run that specific exe program. But to answer your question, most likely there is no straight-forward way. That's why most retail software comes as either for "PC" or for "MAC". By the same token, running an "exe" program in LINUX on a PC is also not that trivial due to operating system differences between linux and windows/dos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted December 6, 2002 Report Share Posted December 6, 2002 Virtual PC offered by apple is one example of PC emulation program for mac. I don't know much about that specific product other than what's listed on the apple site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted December 6, 2002 Report Share Posted December 6, 2002 quote:Originally posted by nairi:otherwise you'll have to wait for Vava to show...Or Sip for that matter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted December 6, 2002 Report Share Posted December 6, 2002 Or just wait till Domino shows up and proves how MACs are superior to even Armenians Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MosJan Posted December 6, 2002 Report Share Posted December 6, 2002 Mj Jan take your MAC to your local Pawn Shop - see if you can get a 286 or a 386 IBM for a trade if not just donate the MAC to you local goodwill or thrift shop / you might pay some thing like a $50 for disposal yes el asum em MJ incha patahel - ehhh el du mi asa MAC dzerqna @nkel - Trrrerrq mi jar areq / haseq - prgeq - mer MJ mer dzerqits gnuma ~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted December 6, 2002 Report Share Posted December 6, 2002 ok, ok... what's the problem here?? Normally, executables (.exe files) as Sip so aptly described, are not meant to be run on MACs. However, it really depends on what the file actually is. For example, when you create a self-extracting file with WinZip or other similar compression programs, the 'Zipped' file will be an executable. The would easily be opened with something like StuffIt Expander available, (i think for free) from Aladdin . Other types of .exe files exist that can be opened with MAC, but you kind of have to know what they are. Your best bet - as our Computer Science Guru here on HyeForum pointed out (That's Sip BTW ) is probably to run an emulator like Virtual PC, available from Connectix. I've used it, and it works very well, although a bit slow - it really hogs your system resources. But with VPC, you can not only create virtual windows machines, but virtual linux & unix machines! Really a lot of fun stuff! Watch out though - this takes a time commitment... when you install VPC, it's like creating a totally empty machine. You then have to install the OS of your choice, and configure hardware/network settings etc. Could take a few hours... MJ, if you just want to know what the file is, I can have a look for you... [ December 06, 2002, 04:57 PM: Message edited by: vava ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted December 6, 2002 Report Share Posted December 6, 2002 quote: Or just wait till Domino shows up and proves how MACs are superior to even Armenians But Sip, MACs ARE superior to Armenians!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted December 6, 2002 Report Share Posted December 6, 2002 http://zr2.cs.ucla.edu/Sip/zr2/roflmao.gif I'd like to see you say that in front of QRISTINE Vava, that's pretty cool info about zip self-extracting files. I didn't even think about that. I have noticed that I can open such exe files directly in winzip on a PC. I didn't know you could do the same on a mac but it certainly makes sense! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted December 6, 2002 Report Share Posted December 6, 2002 oooh, gee. you're right! I should be more careful! How very un-Armenian of me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted December 7, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2002 WOW! Glad to have asked such a mind stimulating question... The executable is a program installing (supposedly) the AOL 8.0 package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZ Posted December 7, 2002 Report Share Posted December 7, 2002 quote:Originally posted by MJ:WOW! Glad to have asked such a mind stimulating question... smilies/smile.gif The executable is a program installing (supposedly) the AOL 8.0 package.So you ran over to AOL, no wonder I lost you I could imagine this problem occurring with a mixed up extention. Did you check if it really says ".exe"? because if it says something like ".exy" your computer won't know what it is and ask you the Q. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted December 7, 2002 Report Share Posted December 7, 2002 I checked the AOL website and doesn't look like they have the 8.0 for mac. They seem to have a special Max OS X version of AOL which is based on AOL 6.0. The program you are looking for should have an .hqx (or maybe a .bin) extension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted December 7, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2002 Thanks, Sepahn. That must be it. I'll try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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