installing exe's without a PC!

allankayak · 03-02-06, 01:56 PM

I am ona MAc, I can use missing symc to install Cab files, or just put them on a run them. But what about exe files that dont juice down to Cab files.

Is there an app for WM3 that will install an exe file??

:rolling:

Villain · 03-02-06, 02:16 PM

if it's a win32 .exe, then I don't believe so. However, you can sometimes use a zip program to open an .exe file and extract it's contents if it is a package. This may allow you to copy the .cab files over.

**ksong12** · 03-02-06, 02:37 PM

Really? I've never tried to use a zip program on an exe file... Im going to try next time i get the chance.

Villain · 03-02-06, 04:52 PM

Not always.. depends on the type of EXE file... I accidentally found this out once when I was looking for a .zip file I had downloaded. Instead of hitting the .zip, I hit the .exe next to it and it was full of other files. Basically, it's just a self-extracting archive, which is why you can do that.

**ksong12** · 03-03-06, 09:15 AM

Oh, thats what you mean. MOST exes are NOT self-extracting. If they are, you can open them, if they arent, your out of luck.

Villain · 03-03-06, 02:01 PM

correct, but a lot of PPC installer .exe files are self-extracting files that run a script on where to place the item in the PPC (or for ActiveSync to send it to the PPC), so it may work in this case.

**ksong12** · 03-04-06, 02:52 PM

Ok, maybe, next time I download onto my ppc, ill try that first, then, if it doesnt work, ill have to get to a computer.

spunker88 · 03-04-06, 06:49 PM

You can go out and get an old win 98 pc. It will run as fine, make sure it has usb ports for the ppc. I sync my axim with a wim 98 sometimes. Works just like xp.

**ksong12** · 03-05-06, 07:24 PM

I obviously HAS a pc, but the point is to install programs on the go.