How to convert .exe files to .dmg files, if possible??

Hi all. Using a mac, im discovering that there are many software solutions available that do not come as .dmg files and therefore can not be played by macs. I was wondering if there is any software around that can convert .exe files to .dmg files, or something that can decompile and recompile in a different format? Thanks in advance

G4 iBook, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Aug 1, 2007 5:26 AM

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Kurt Lang

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Posted on Aug 1, 2007 5:55 AM

I was wondering if there is any software around that can convert .exe files to .dmg files

The only time it would help to do that would be if the .exe file was a self expanding Zip archive. And then only if the contents were even usable on a Mac.

.exe files are a Windows executable. A program in other words. Unless you're running Windows in an emulator such as Parallels or Virtual PC, they won't do you a bit of good.

If you could even find a program to decompile (reverse engineer) an .exe file and recompile for the Mac OS, it would be illegal to do so most of the time. Pretty much any commercial software forbids such action.

Also, quite a bit of .exe files you may download are installer programs for Windows. So it would produce yet more .dll, .exe and other Windows-centric files.

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