Question
I have a 1991 boundary file from the FTP site which is an .EXE file type and I cannot make it do anything. The error messages tell me that I don't have the right Windows version. I have changed the compatibility settings but nothing seems to work. Is there anything I can do?
Answer
There's 3 things to try:
1)The boundary files are self extracting zip files. To unzip, drop to the command line and type
unzip [filename].exe.
2)Alternately, just use one of the many GUIs for unzip
3)You can even change the extension from .exe to .zip and double click and you're done. ArcGIS 10+ can now open .e00 directly -- no painful conversion process is required. Just drag them into Arcmap and save as whatever format you'd like.
