Can't open downloaded application

[dusty]

Running Mac OS8.6 I downloaded Firefox 2.0.0 11. When trying to open the downloaded Setup 2.0.0.11exe, I got the message "The document ... could not be opened because the application program that created it could not be found."

I then tried to download Internet Explorer 5.2.3 using Mozilla 1.2.1 it tried with no success due apparently due to "not sufficient memory". I increased the RAM Disk to 50MB but still no success. I have IE 4.5 and Netscape 7.02 but need a later browser to connect to Mac.com so I can transfer files from my old computer to my new one.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. (I will be gone from Thursday 10AM EST to Tue 8AM so can't respond during this period.)

Dusty

[007]

If you are running mac bro then you should not download the .exe files. The exe file types are for Windows environment.

Firefox was originally built on Mac OSX . Tyr using Mozilla 1.3.1 available at http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.o...O-1.3.1.dmg.gz

Let me know if it works for you.

A note about browsers for older Mac systems: This is my main "support" question - what browser should I use for Mac OS 9? The best option is of course to upgrade your hardware and use the latest version of Mac OS X since, with the exception of iCab, development on all browsers for Mac OS 9 has ceased.
<saitan> In no particular order, here are some browsers that work on Mac OS 9: Opera, iCab, MS Internet Explorer, WannaBe (text only), MacLynx (text only) Mozilla, WaMCom Mozilla, Wazilla, Netscape 6/7 (not version 4!). Don't expect everything to work with specific web pages or web sites.

Visit http://darrel.knutson.com/mac/www/browsers.html for more information.