[X-Newbies] exe file won't exe

[Art Amolsch]

You'd best be glad that it won't "execute". That would
be a Windows file and may or may not contain a virus.
In short, the "trick" you're missing is to be running
Windows.

Art Amolsch
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On Sep 25, 2005, at 4:38 PM, Peter Saint James wrote:
>
>         I downloaded a supposedly self-executing, software update  
> file (an .exe file) but it won't execute.  I get a box that says  
> there is no app to open it with.  I did a "get info" on it and the  
> info box claims it's a document rather than a program.  Does this  
> mean it's a corrupted file and I have to download it again or is  
> there some other trick I'm missing?