Opening zipped & exe files

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gillyd Author

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Opening zipped & exe files

How do I open downloaded files that are zipped or in .exe format? When I click on them, nothing happens.

Posted on Sep 25, 2008 5:02 PM

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Answer 1

stedman1

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Sep 25, 2008 5:39 PM in response to gillyd

Hi gillyd: If you need to unzip, the link to the program below should be what you need. Unless you are running windows on your Mac .exe files will be of no value to you. Exe files are windows executables. http://my.smithmicro.com/mac/stuffit/expander.html

Stedman

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Shangqi

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Sep 25, 2008 6:58 PM in response to gillyd

You cannot open .exe files. I am thinking that you are new to Mac. I had the same problem too when I switched to a mac. So then, exe means executable, and you can't use it for mac. dmg files are for mac, and not for windows..

The only way you can use .exe files on a mac, if you installed boot camp, and it is supposed to be pre-installed onto your laptop if your running leopard. When you install Boot camp, be sure to have as much space as possible for the windows part, because a lot of people use more stuff on windows, and you can run either windows, or windows vista. You can choose I suppose.

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gillyd Author

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Sep 25, 2008 9:50 PM in response to gillyd

thanks for the replies. No, I'm not new to Mac but I hadn't come across having to open these files in a long while - not since I got a Mac a year and a half ago. Why are people/companies still putting things out in this form when they must know a ton of people can't open them? Doesn't seem like good business practice. The zipped file I got was from a well known reputable online selfpublishing company.

I got a similar file from another publishing company last week. I queried them about it and they just said their products weren't Mac compatible but they were "working on it"! I asked them if they had been in an Apple store lately!!!

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