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I was wondering if there was a way to make it so you can run .exe files in this. For example, if something is downloaded how can I make it able to run.

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I'm not sure that's possible. Repl.it uses Linux servers, so they can't run .exe files, as those are Windows specific.

@BD103 What files can they run?

Linux is weird. They don't have a standard executable file. Because of this, you can just use language specific files, like .jar. If you're using Python, try using the pyinstaller package. @OperationDemon

@BD103 How can I use the pyinstaller package?

@BD103 What i am looking for is an "application" to open up files

If you can find the command with shell, you could do something like this:

import os
os.system("python myfile.py")

That runs your python file, there are also alternatives for different languages.
@OperationDemon

you can use mono @BD103

Cool @Coder100

did it work? @BD103

i know it works for some applications, but not all @BD103

Not sure, I don't have any .exe files. :)
@Coder100

and in python:

import os
print("what exe to run?")

os.system("mono %s.exe" % input())

You can, we use mono.

mono main.exe

(this is a shell command)

I don't think they can run .exe files.