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[maryella]

Hi guys, new member but have used these awesome forums to trouble shoot in the past! Couldn't find an answer to my problem, so I joined up and now I'm fishing for help.

My problem is that I seem to have designated .exe files to open in TextEdit, which just gives me a bunch of jargon if I try to execute the file. How do I fix this, and what should I designate .exe files to open with?

 

[spinnerlys]

.exe files are Windows executables, thus not able to run in Mac OS X, unless you install Windows via Boot Camp and boot into Windows, or you install Windows as Virtual Machine in either Parallels Desktop, VMWare Fusion or VirtualBox.

There is also Crossover and Wine to run Windows applications in Mac OS X without the need of a VM or Boot Camp.

 

[maryella]

MRoogle

I've looked in to and tried to open .exe files through several methods from the forums, I'm pretty sure my problem is that I have .exe files coming in through the wrong program. Doesnt' really help D:

 

[GGJstudios]

.exe files are Windows executable programs. They will not run on Mac OS X.

 

[spinnerlys]

former duplicate, note to mod, who got the report from me, I used this post now to answer the OP

I've looked in to and tried to open .exe files through several methods from the forums, I'm pretty sure my problem is that I have .exe files coming in through the wrong program. Doesnt' really help D:

So neither thread made you aware that .exe files are not meant for Mac OS X, unless you do one of those steps those threads described or I repeated?

And to eliminate guessing games, what methods did you try?

 

[maryella]

.exe files are Windows executables, thus not able to run in Mac OS X, unless you install Windows via Boot Camp and boot into Windows, or you install Windows as Virtual Machine in either Parallels Desktop, VMWare Fusion or VirtualBox.

There is also Crossover and Wine to run Windows applications in Mac OS X without the need of a VM or Boot Camp.

kay, knew that. again, not my question.

I was just wondering if the .exe files should be going to TextEdit automatically because I accidently picked that a while ago as the .exe default "open as." how do I change this default, and what should the default be?

 

[GGJstudios]

kay, knew that. again, not my question.

I was just wondering if the .exe files should be going to TextEdit automatically because I accidently picked that a while ago as the .exe default "open as." how do I change this default, and what should the default be?

The default shouldn't be anything, since .exe files will not run in Mac OS X. They shouldn't be associated with any Mac application, because no Mac application runs .exe files. The only way they'll run is in a Windows environment, either via Boot Camp, Parallels Desktop, VMWare Fusion or VirtualBox, as has already been stated.

To change the default for any file, right-click on the file in Finder, Get Info, Open with:, select an app, then Change All...

 

[spinnerlys]

kay, knew that. again, not my question.

I was just wondering if the .exe files should be going to TextEdit automatically because I accidently picked that a while ago as the .exe default "open as." how do I change this default, and what should the default be?

The default should be Windows, you might remove TextEdit via the Get Info Inspector.

Maybe you should have been clear about this from the beginning.

 

[maryella]

The default shouldn't be anything, since .exe files will not run in Mac OS X. They shouldn't be associated with any Mac application, because no Mac application runs .exe files. The only way they'll run is in a Windows environment, either via Boot Camp, Parallels Desktop, VMWare Fusion or VirtualBox, as has already been stated.

To change the default for any file, right-click on the file in Finder, Get Info, Open with:, select an app, then Change All...

excellent, thank you for your answer...was exactly what I needed to know! :]

 

[Sun Baked]

Can always go to www.versiontracker.com and either

1. download a new text editor, use command-I to set all .exe files to it, then delete the new text editor.

2. download a wine app and set that for exe's

 

[maryella]

The default should be Windows, you might remove TextEdit via the Get Info Inspector.

Maybe you should have been clear about this from the beginning.

gotcha. I thought my OP was pretty clear, I stated that I "designated .exe files to open in TextEdit...How do I fix this, and what should I designate .exe files to open with?" meaning that I needed a find a way to remedy the "open with" problem. Will try to be a little simpler in the future.