Open IRS encrypted exe on a Mac

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Open IRS encrypted exe on a Mac

Asked by Marianne Bellotti on April 6, 2019.

Marianne Bellotti 04/06/2019

The IRS has of course responded to my FIOA request with an encrypted exe file, which my Mac cannot open. So do I have to track down a Windows machine or is there a trick to opening these files in Mac OS?

Answer 1 · 2019-04-07T21:11:23.014638-04:00

Marianne Bellotti 04/07/2019

For future reference: we started a Windows VM on EC2 for this purpose. See these tutorials:

https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/tutorials/launch-windows-vm/

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/WindowsGuide/connecting_to_windows_instance.html#AccessingInstancesWindowsFileTransfer