hai friends.

why linux not execute .exe files ....i wish to know more abt this

Because .exe files are for windows only.

You can emulate windows (and thus run .exe's) using (among others) WINE (for `WINE Is No Emulator'). Consult your package manager's manual for general installation instructions.

Btw, if you go to User CP -> Edit Profile -> Distro and type in your distribution name and version (~= release number), you don't have to answer that question all the time.

Seing that you're fairly new to LQ: Welcome; enjoy your stay. And have fun with GNU/Linux.
(http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html)

I would suggest that you read http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- it's a really good investment of your time: you'll get answers to your questions much faster, the answers will be better, and you'll generate good karma

hth --Jonas

Because Linux doesn't use .exe files. That would likely be a Windows executable. They're two different systems.

.exe is a format in which, the code is such, that Windows based operating systems can execute it.

Similarly, .bin is a format which is executed directly by linux based operating systems.

However, you can emulate SOME windows based software (.exe's) in GNU/Linux using WINE or CROSSOVER or stuff like that

you can download the latest version of WINE from here
http://winehq.org/site/download

For a file to be executable in linux, it has to be given permission to do so. This is done by the command: chmod a+x filename

I think you should get a book on linux, thats how I started

Oh, and wine can help you run windows apps in linux.

Enjoy your linux experience!

... which doesn't make the executable automatically Do The Right Thing.
Actually, it might be a bad idea to +x .exe files, since you don't execute(*) them, and they most certainly aren't valid code in any format (a.out, ELF) used by GNU/Linux.

(*) `execute' is here used in the strict sense: running the file however sh does it (probably by looking for a #! line, then looking in magic, and then just assuming it's a shell script).

Of course, you could add an entry to magic telling that .exe-files are windows executables (if it isn't there already--nautilus automagically knows).

--Jonas