Help with .exe files.

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Nepio

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Hi.

ive recently started using the Mac, and have not really any idea how all the features work yet,.

anyway, i have just downloaded some skins for FM2006, and it a .exe file, but when i try to open it, it opens with the mail recipient, please tell me how i can open the file, to use the downloaded skins, thank you in advance.
 
I'm guessing Football Manager 2006 ?
.exe files can't be used on a Mac. Those are Windows executable files, and will run in Windows only. If you have an Intel Mac, you can install Windows on the Mac, and use those skins then. Without Windows, no can do.
 
Oh, now we have two threads. The other's in the Games forum. ;) ... Moderation-hickup. Either way: StuffIt Expander might extract the files if it's a Winzip-executable. Then again, are we really talking about FM2006 for the Mac? If that exists, they should have the downloads for Macs as .sit, .zip or DMG files...
 
fryke said:
Oh, now we have two threads. The other's in the Games forum. ;) ... Moderation-hickup. Either way: StuffIt Expander might extract the files if it's a Winzip-executable. Then again, are we really talking about FM2006 for the Mac? If that exists, they should have the downloads for Macs as .sit, .zip or DMG files...
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...And they wouldn't end in .exe, either. ;)
 
Actually, some compressed .exe files can be expanded with StuffIt Expander -- like Pioneer DVD-R/W drive firmware updates. Some .exe files are "self-expanding" ZIP files, which CAN be uncompressed on the Mac.

Some .exe files are NOT compressed ZIP files, though, and cannot be used at all on a Mac.

Edit: Nevermind! Read the post wrong... my apologies! I'm gonna leave this information here just for future reference for other members, though.
 
Erh... I've already mentioned it above, though. ;) No need to erase your comment nonetheless.
 
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