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First of all, you have to know that the EXE. is the Personal Computer’s Window’s specialized file and they are used on PCs as a “self extracting archive” which makes possible for Macs to read these files.

Let’s see the steps that you have to follow in order to open the EXE. file on a Mac computer.

The first step is to turn on your Mac computer. Then open the “Applications” folder. After the new window appeared, click on the “Utilities” button from where you have to choose the “Terminal” option.

How To Open A Windows Exe. File On A Mac Os X

The step number two is to locate the EXE. file. For this you have to use the “LS” command which makes possible to list the directories. In order to enter them you have to use the “CD directory” command. If the EXE. file is situated on the screen’s desktop, all you have to do is to use the “CD Desktop” command which you have to type in the “Terminal” box.

For the step number three you will need to enter the “unzip (filename.exe) – d (directory)” command. After this press “Enter”. For example, if you want to unzip a file with the “foo.exe” name, this will look like “unzip foo.exe – d unzippedfoo”.

How To Open A Windows Exe. File On A Mac Os X

That’s all. Now your contents of the archive can be found in the created directory. Sometimes happens, that the unzip process returns an “ERROR” message which means that the file is not compatible with the Mac OS X operating system.

Read the HintsMacWorld.com website’s article and follow the instructions in order to unzip a Windows EXE. file.

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