COOK file format description

Many people share .cook files without attaching instructions on how to use it. Yet it isn’t evident for everyone which program a .cook file can be edited, converted or printed with. On this page, we try to provide assistance for handling .cook files.

1 filename extension(s) found in our database.

.cook - Netscape for Mac Cookie Data

The COOK data files are related to Netscape for Mac. COOK file is a Netscape for Mac Cookie Data. Netscape Navigator was a proprietary web browser. It was the dominant browser in terms of usage share in the 1990s. The Netscape for Mac seems to be no longer supported.

Application:

Netscape for Mac

Category:

Data files

Mime-type:

application/octet-stream

Magic:

- / -

Aliases:

Netscape for Mac Cookie Data related extensions:

.tha: Microsoft Windows Thai Noise-Words List
.hdf: HEC-RAS Data
.tgg: eMoflon Triple Graph Grammars Data
.ivex: Worldviz Vizard Encrypted Scene Data
.nzl: Corel Painter Nozzle Data
.uke: Ulead VideoStudio Data

Naturally, other applications may also use the .cook file extension. Even harmful programs can create .cook files. Be especially cautious with .cook files coming from an unknown source!

Can't open a .cook file?

When you double-click a file to open it, Windows examines the filename extension. If Windows recognizes the filename extension, it opens the file in the program that is associated with that filename extension. When Windows does not recognize a filename extension, you receive the following message:

Windows can't open this file:

example.cook

To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select one from a list of programs that are installed on your computer.

To avoid this error, you need to set the file association correctly.

Open Control Panel > Control Panel Home > Default Programs > Set Associations.
Select a file type in the list and click Change Program.

The .cook file extension is often given incorrectly!

According to the searches on our site, these misspellings were the most common in the past year:

cok, coo, cool, ook

Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?

Similar file extensions in our database:

.cok: Carmageddon Game Data
.cok: TSP-INet Server Error Reports Data
.coo: Tajima Embroidery Data File
.coo: Autodesk AutoCAD Bounding Coordinates Cookie
.cool: QB - Text Analyzer Vocabulary Data
.ook: Arachne Batch Script

Operating systems

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Windows XP/Vista, Windows 7/8, Windows 10, CentOS, Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, iOS, Android

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