HTA Files

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Redtree Author

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HTA Files

I was wondering if HTA Files worked for the "new universal intel" program?

Powermac G5 1.8 dual, Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Posted on Dec 2, 2006 1:41 PM

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iBod

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Dec 2, 2006 5:56 PM in response to Redtree

Hi Paul,

What are HTA files exactly? Can you expand upon your question a bit to make it clearer what you need help with?

Universal applications work for either Intel or PowerPC versions of OS X by the way, so 'universal intel' doesn't really make sense 🙂

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Redtree Author

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Dec 6, 2006 7:09 PM in response to iBod

"I believe hta stand for Html Application, it was oiginally designed for windows so thats why im wondering if it will work for the new mac intel version.

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iBod

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Dec 7, 2006 3:34 AM in response to Redtree

Hi Paul,

From what I can see on various searches HTA files are Microsoft Internet Explorer specific. I didn't see any mention to them being used on Macs, but if any application would be able to launch them it would be the Mac version of Internet Explorer 5.2 (this is no longer developed by Microsoft and hasn't been updated for a couple of years now).

Microsoft no longer have it available for download, but this site appears to have it still:

http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Internet-Utilities/Internet-Explorer.shtml

Note that there also a few mentions of security implications for HTA files in the searches I did, so if that version of IE can launch them, make sure you know and trust the origin of the files.

[ Edit: The only way the Intel chips would help in this case is if you installed Windows on the machine in question 🙂 ]

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