Make sure they are actual Mac programs & not those for windows.

You should NOT try to unarchive a file via launching it through LW otherwise it may cause such problems as you are having. Instead, go to the LW download folder & do it from there.

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Thanks LOR, You are very well versed in MAC issues. I have followed your advice from some other threads trying to remedy this problem. I did a search again with .dmg on the end so I'll see how that goes. Thank you for your time in answering me and all the others who have posted because you have created a great data base for us MAC users