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I'll make this short and sweet. I've been pulling my hair out wondering if Mac's can play .exe, .cue or .nrg files. I suspect not, and think it's a dark windows pc thingy, but I could be wrong.

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not sure about the other 2, but the mac os can not run .exe

however you can try virtual pc if you really need to run those on a mac
 
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Many. many, many Thanks

you're a star

I too was unsure abot those pesky .exe files

cheers
 
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MacAddikt said:
not sure about the other 2, but the mac os can not run .exe

however you can try virtual pc if you really need to run those on a mac
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Apart from running virtual windows is there no other way to open the .EXE file? Or change the extention to something else that will work on a Mac?
 
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wow old thread ... .exe is a program file. The only remotely similar programs to run a .exe is X11, The Terminal, or VPC. And non of those options cept vpc actually run the file.
 
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Apart from running virtual windows is there no other way to open the .EXE file? Or change the extention to something else that will work on a Mac?
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nope.
 
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.exe is KINDA like the Windows equivalent of .dmg, right? I mean, I know there are differences, since on Windows the actual program has the .exe file extension IN ADDITION to the unmounted version, but they're essentially equivalents, right?
 
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Nightblade said:
.exe is KINDA like the Windows equivalent of .dmg, right? I mean, I know there are differences, since on Windows the actual program has the .exe file extension IN ADDITION to the unmounted version, but they're essentially equivalents, right?
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No, they are different.

.exe are pc applications or programs, whereas I believe that a.dmg is a load module.
 
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.dmg files are Disk Images. when you un-compress them, they essentially become a stand-alone mini-partition of your HD.
 
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.exe in the pc world is the basic .--- for everything.
 
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And lately true executables have other then .exe extentions GO *certain other os* :p
 
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exe on windows = .app on OS X :)
 
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A .exe is a Windows executable file. It usually relies on Windows libraries, and unless you have the source, there is essentially no way to get it run on a Mac.
 
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lennyzero said:
Hello people

I'll make this short and sweet. I've been pulling my hair out wondering if Mac's can play .exe, .cue or .nrg files. I suspect not, and think it's a dark windows pc thingy, but I could be wrong.

much appreciated
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.exe is a windows extension. i m used 2 c it all the time!BAH! :D
 
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Aren't a lot of .exe files just .zip files with an autoextract wrapper added to them -- kind of like the difference in the old days between a .sit Stuffit file and .sea self-extracting archive? So, one thing you can try with the .exe file is to drag it on top of Stuffit Expander and see if anything comes out the other end.
 
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Aren't a lot of .exe files just .zip files with an autoextract wrapper added to them -- kind of like the difference in the old days between a .sit Stuffit file and .sea self-extracting archive? So, one thing you can try with the .exe file is to drag it on top of Stuffit Expander and see if anything comes out the other end.
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nope won't work
 
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