[G4] Opening .exe files on a mac

[sr ferenczy]

you learn something new (or new applications for something old) 
everyday!

thanks for the information Robert,

sandor

On Dec 1, 2003, at 1:28 AM, Robert A. Rosenberg wrote:

> At 23:33 -0500 on 11/30/2003, sr ferenczy wrote about Re: [G4] Opening 
> .exe files on a mac:
>
>> no, .exe is a windows executable file (akin to the os x .app) this 
>> basically means it is a program from windows, and not compatible with 
>> macs....
>
> NOT TRUE all the time.
>
> There are two types of .exe files. You are thinking of applications 
> where your comment is accurate.
>
> The 2nd type of .exe is a Self Extracting Archive (the equivalent of a 
> .sea file produced by StuffIt). These, while they are applications, 
> have the application being the unArchiver and contain an embedded 
> payload of an Archive. These types of .exe can be feed to StuffIt 
> Expander which will recognize them, ignore the unArchive code, and 
> unArchive the embedded ZIP or SIT archive as if the file was a ZIP or 
> SIT. The files being referenced seem to me to be of this 2nd type and 
> thus the CORRECT answer is "Feed them to StuffIt Expander to extract 
> the archived contents".
>
> Note: Unless the actual Plug-Ins are usable on the Mac, the resulting 
> extracted files will still be useless.
>
>>
>> sandor
>>
>> On Nov 30, 2003, at 11:16 PM, Shannon Nugent wrote:
>>
>>> Is there any way I can open .exe files on my mac?  Gary,  you gave a 
>>> CD of Photoshop plugins,  but all the files are in ".exe" format. 
>>> Executable files.  I'm not sure I can use those.  Does anybody know 
>>> of a way I can open and convert those files to a useable format, or 
>>> should I just have Gary burn me some new copies in a Mac format?