Problem installing apps

When ever I try to install any apps, a blank safari window opens & nothing installs. Please help!!! I don't know why this is happening all of a sudden.

What are the steps you are following when you are trying to install? Normally, installing a Mac OS X program involves downloading it from a web site. The .dmg file auto opens, and you can drag the application to your Applications folder. It is fairly straightforward. Is this what you are doing? At what step does the balnk Safari window open?

If i click on an exe, a blank web page opens. if I drag and drop it into 'applications' it just moves there.

An .exe file is a Windows application, not a Mac application. You cannot run .exe programs in OS X without setting up something like Parallels or BootCamp.

Mac applications typically have the extension .app. If you are not trying to install such a thing, you likely don't have a Mac application at all, but a Windows application.

There are plenty of great freeware and shareware apps out there for Macs... plenty! What are you looking for? Perhaps we could point you to a Mac version instead of a .exe!

ToddG said:

An .exe file is a Windows application, not a Mac application. You cannot run .exe programs in OS X without setting up something like Parallels or BootCamp.

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yep. Just make sure when you're downloading apps, that they specify mac, and are compatible with the OS you're using. And as mac57 pointed out, there's every chance a mac equivalent software exists, so you're not really missing out.

I thought this was an interesting link with regards to exe files on a Mac.

6 Ways to Open EXE Files in Mac OS X

Excellent, Marty!

Oh and btw adamreilly, BootCamp and Parallels are meant only for Intel-based Macs and won't work on PowerPC Macs. So since you didn't post any info on your Mac model, just thought it would be a good idea to add this to the thread.