Is there anyway to open a .exe installation file on OS X?

I have a MacBook Air which is running 10.7.5 and I downloaded an installation file which is meant for windows. Is there a way that I can open this file on OS X?

Allan Eckert wrote:
No. A .exe file can only be open under Windows.
If you have to open it then you are going to have to install Windows first. That will require your creating a partition with BootCamp and install windows or installing virtualization software under which you can install Windows. Niether of those are simple tasks to perform.
Allan
This is actually not correct at all.  Anything Wine based can run a .exe on OS X.  How easy it is to get to work right depends on the exe file in question though... A couple of OS X apps that use Wine for doing this is Crossover and Wineskin

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