-Jon
On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 05:21 PM, Jerry Bryant spewed into the ether:
I've run into similar problems with .ASF and .EXE files. Any ideas on how to run those?
Beige G4 466MHz, OS 9.2.2 Radeon 7000.
TIA, Anand
As has been stated .exe files are executable files, normally used for driver installation on a pc running Windows. Their scope is broader than that, however, and seem to be a favorite of Windows virus authors. They are probably nothing that you would be concerned with on your Mac.
ASF stands for "Advanced Systems Format". It's just a container for a/v files for Windows Media Player. .WMV and .WMA files are compressed using the Windows Media codec. Wimp 7 (or whatever the last version is for Mac will probably open them). Other compressed files, and these can be anything such as Quicktime, DivX, etc., will end in a .ASF extension. You will have to have the specific codec, or application containing it installed to run it.
Here, for MS, is a remarkably clear and concise definition. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/format/robust.aspx
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