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From: markdemers15 on 8 May 2006 20:23
I had always thought my Mac OS X.3 had the capability to run .exe
files. However, when I put in a CD with .exe files to install a
software package, it does not seem to run .exe. How can I get it to
work?

From: Dave Balderstone on 8 May 2006 20:33
In article <1147134213.491579.25970(a)i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
<markdemers15(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

> I had always thought my Mac OS X.3 had the capability to run .exe
> files. However, when I put in a CD with .exe files to install a
> software package, it does not seem to run .exe. How can I get it to
> work?

Virtual PC
From: Paul Frankenstein on 8 May 2006 20:42
In article <1147134213.491579.25970(a)i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
<markdemers15(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
* I had always thought my Mac OS X.3 had the capability to run .exe
* files. However, when I put in a CD with .exe files to install a
* software package, it does not seem to run .exe. How can I get it to
* work?

You were misinformed.
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From: Serge Pajak on 8 May 2006 20:50
<markdemers15(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

> I had always thought my Mac OS X.3 had the capability to run .exe
> files. However, when I put in a CD with .exe files to install a
> software package, it does not seem to run .exe. How can I get it to
> work?

..exe files are Windows applications or executables (hence the .exe), so
no they will not run natively on any version of MacOS X.

To run it on a PowerPC Mac you can use a emulator (VirtualPC), and to
run it on an Intel-based Mac (under MacOS X 10.4.x then) you can use
either BootCamp to boot under Windows instead of MacOS X or a
virtualization software like Parallels'
<http://www.parallels.com/en/products/workstation/mac/> which allows you
to run MacOS X and Windows simultaneously.

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Serge Pajak
From: Leonard Blaisdell on 8 May 2006 20:53
In article <1147134213.491579.25970(a)i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
markdemers15(a)hotmail.com wrote:

> I had always thought my Mac OS X.3 had the capability to run .exe
> files. However, when I put in a CD with .exe files to install a
> software package, it does not seem to run .exe. How can I get it to
> work?

No Mac has ever run .exe files natively. No Linux box either. You appear
to have a Microsoft only CD. Check the packaging and/or documentation.
You do have options that are usually more expensive than the CD you're
trying to install.

leo

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