That would run only REALLY old .exe stuff, made before 1995-1996. I'm pretty sure OP doesn't mean to run stuff that old.Since .exe files are for MS operating systems i guess your best shot would be to run DOSBox and from there run the .exe file. Ofc it all depends what program it is.
WINE's name gives it away - "WINE is not an Emulator". It only works on x86 platform since it doesn't emulate anything, it makes according "wrapping" around the calls. I'm sure there was a PPC version somewhere, but it did have abysmal performance and compatibility, compared to the main x86 branch.Possibly on linux, with the use of wine, just google "WineHQ". Although i haven't used linux in a while nor have I ever used linux on Wii or vWii, so I can't make any guarantees, but it's your best shot.
WineHQ said:Will there be a PowerPC version (or will there be a way to run Wine on a PowerPC processor)?
Darwine is the effort to port Wine to PowerPC processors, but still can't run windows binaries directly yet. Darwine is NO LONGER ACTIVELY DEVELOPED
Executable files are used only by the Windows operating system, .app files are for Mac, and .sh files are for Linux.
The only way I could see this working on the Wii would be getting Easy Wii Linux running on it and using Wine (Windows Machine Emulator) to emulate the executable file in question. (The application may even have a Linux counterpart.)
Edit: You are able to start up Windows 3/95/98 (And Possible 2000/ME) in DOSBox, however even if it somehow worked it would not run very fast since those emulators run slow on the Wii.
Executable files are used only by the Windows operating system
They are also used by DOS (and were used by DOS long before Windows even existed).
Wine is not a Windows emulator.
Agreed, the Wii is too slow to handle any .exe files, especially since they were not mean't to run on it.No chance for Wine to run 386.exe files on a non 386 hardware platform (Wine is not a emulator).
You don't understand. Because Wine is not an emulator, it can only run programs that are compiled for the same machine (same CPU).Agreed, the Wii is too slow to handle any .exe files, especially since they were not mean't to run on it.
You don't understand. Because Wine is not an emulator, it can only run programs that are compiled for the same machine (same CPU).
I'm 99% sure Linux executables have no extension; .sh files are scripts, similar to .bat. Also, OSX uses .sh.Executable files are used only by the Windows operating system, .app files are for Mac, and .sh files are for Linux.
Yeah you can make any file executable on Linux, extension or not.I'm 99% sure Linux executables have no extension; .sh files are scripts, similar to .bat. Also, OSX uses .sh.
I'm 99% sure Linux executables have no extension; .sh files are scripts, similar to .bat. Also, OSX uses .sh.
I'm going to be completely honest here, everytime I've seen a post from you, it's insulting one of mine or liking a post that was against mine. I never stated in any way in my post above that Linux was limited to the extension of .sh, yet people jump to conclusions. Why don't you post something useful for once, instead of "Woo misinformation," and consider the post before you jump to a response instead of harassing people who want to do useful things for the community?Yeah you can make any file executable on Linux, extension or not.
Woo misinformation.
Yes, you just have to convert them to wbfs format (I think)