.ZOO File

The zoo file extension is related to Zoo a compression program and format developed by Rahul Dhesi in the mid 1980s. The format is based on the LZW compression algorithm and compressed files are identified by the .zoo file extension.

MIME types:
application/zoo
application/x-zoo
application/macbooz

This zoo file type entry was marked as obsolete and no longer supported file format.

This type of file is no longer actively used and is most likely obsolete. This is typically the case for system files in old operating systems, file types from long discontinued software, or previous versions of certain file types (like documents, projects etc.) that were replaced in higher versions of their original programs.

Files with zoo file extension an also be encountered as very old compressed archives made using ancient ZOO archiver.

How to open:

Some file archiving tools still support *.zoo files and can explore or decompress them.

How to convert:

Possibly can be repacked to other compressed archive formats with any tool that supports this format.