how do I run Windows explorer on mac

You can't unless you run Windows on your computer, or your computer is so ancient it will run an ancient version of Explorer (which the web site would probably reject anyway). You can try faking it:

http://forums.macnn.com/82/applications/358328/safari-emulating-ie/ - 2008 post about getting Safari to emulate other browsers - and https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3925950?answerId=18300128022#18300128022

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-switcher/ - change user agent in Firefox

kevinfromgeneva wrote:

I need to run Windows 7 for some applications. How do I do this?

You can install Windows 7 using a virtual machine like Parallels, Fusion, or VirtualBox.

Or, you can install Windows 7 using Bootcamp Assistant http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

I vote VMWare Fusion for your needs, Kevin.

I've got a 2.4MHz Macbook 7.1 & I've been using Fusion to run Windows 7 Ultimate for quite a while now. I've got Win7 all updated, it shares my Macbook's network connection just like it had its very own, shares Mac folders so that those Mac folders (or even the entire Mac file structure, if I wanted to) are accessible inside Win7, & I can Copy [Cmnd-C] & Paste [Cmnd-V] info back & forth between the two OS's by just Cmnd-Tab switching back & forth between the two. Nearly seamless integration between the two.

My Windows 7 actually works better & more problem-free on my Mac, in fact, than any Windows I've ever had running on any PC machine. Believe it or not. Just as fast too, if not faster. And I don't think I have EVER seen one of those mean nasty little Windows popup messages with text and a "So whatya wanna do, bucko?" question in 'em that only a Redmond software engineer could understand.

A couple of caveats though......

Hard drive space: Lots of it. Not knowing how much it'd take, I initially set the space my Win7 would take up on my Mac at 60GB, though Windows 7 itself is now taking up only 37GBs inside that initial 60GB allotment. I haven't yet discovered how to make that allotment size smaller, to 40GBs for example, without maybe messing something up, & I don't have the harddrive space to duplicate the 60GB file as backup. Gotta break out my external drives I guess.

And in addition to the 60Gigs of static, unchangeable space it takes up on my Mac's SSD, it uses another quarter Gig or so of my SSD's free space for its virtual memory requirements (see the Activity Monitor screenshot below).

RAM: Lots & lots of that, too. Right around 2.25GBs of Real RAM Memory it uses. I outfitted my Macbook with 8GBs though, so running Win7 along with 6 to 10 other Mac apps, including Photoshop, is usually not a problem. Close with that many other apps, but usually not a problem.

If VMWare Fusion looks like a good way to you for you to get Windows 7 running on your Mac (personally, I think it's SO cool), I'd use Craigslist to find a good deal on a copy of Fusion, Kevin.

Here's a Google hitlist showing a nationwide Craigslist search result for people selling VMWare Fusion disks last month & this month. Looks like $25 or so bucks is all it'd take, on average:

site:craigslist.org mac OR macintosh AND "vmware fusion" AND "intext:2012-09" OR "intext:2012-10" -macbook

Happy Mac'in, Kevin!

Kevin Kendall