[X-Newbies] exe file won't exe

[W Lane]

On 25-Sep-05, at 14:38 , Peter Saint James wrote:

>
>         I downloaded a supposedly self-executing, software update  
> file (an .exe file)

Ack! The bane of Windows!

> but it won't execute.

Mercifully

> I get a box that says there is no app to open it with.

Thank goodness

>   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?

No trick. exe's are a Windows thing. Mac's don't 'do' exe's (with  
some exceptions, generally based on your level of expertise).