• To open the file, you'll need to use Boot Camp, Parallels Desktop, VMware Fusion, or CrossOver Mac. Except for CrossOver Mac, all options necessitate the purchase of Windows. You have a Windows executable (.exe) that can only be run on a Windows operating system.
• Given this context, it's understandable that the Mac can't open a '.exe' file by itself because the.exe extension indicates that the file is a Windows application. To open a '.exe' file, you'll need the Windows operating system.
• When you have Parallels Desktop and a Windows virtual machine (VM) installed on your Mac, all you have to do is double-click a '.exe' file to get it to function. It has a magical quality to it.
• The following is how the magic works: Parallels Desktop informs the Mac that '.exe' files can be opened. When you double-click that '.exe' file, Parallels Desktop is launched by macOS®. When you double-click a '.jpeg' file, the macOS runs Preview; similarly, when you double-click a '.docx' file, the macOS launches Microsoft Word.

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