Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your MCO file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert MCO to another file type
To convert MCO winks to another format, you need Autodesk Maya or other Other software.
Convert a file to MCO
To convert other file formats to the "Messenger Wink & 3D Asset" file type, you need software like Autodesk Maya or a similar tool.
About MCO files
The .mco file format is primarily known as a legacy Windows Live Messenger Wink, which stored animated, interactive Flash sequences sent between users. In modern contexts, .mco is actively used to store 3D game assets and models for PC titles like Scrap Mechanic and My Summer Car. Niche uses also include output from Monte Carlo simulations via MCML software, Konica Minolta digital camera settings, and compressed dependency parser models from MaltParser. To open 3D assets, users typically rely on software like Autodesk Maya. MaltParser models can be extracted with standard ZIP utilities. These files present significant accessibility barriers. Legacy Winks are completely obsolete and cannot be opened directly on modern operating systems without specialized third-party extraction tools, locking away nostalgic media. Meanwhile, 3D game assets require expensive or highly specific 3D modeling applications to view. The highly fragmented nature of the format often leaves users confused about what data the file actually contains. Converting your .mco file resolves these software dependency issues. For web and archival use, extracting and converting legacy Wink animations to MP4 or GIF ensures they remain viewable and shareable. 3D game models should be converted to universal formats like OBJ or FBX for broader editing compatibility.
Convert.Guru analyzes your MCO file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert MCO file to CRO, TMP, TEMP, CACHE, LOG, BAK, OLD, NEW, PART, DOWNLOAD, CRDOWNLOAD or LOCK, you can use Autodesk Maya or similar software from the "Messenger Animations & Game Assets" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DEVICE, CACHE, SOCK, SYMLINK, PID, MOUNT, FIFO, LOG, PIPE, TMP, JUNCTION or TEMP files to MCO, try Autodesk Maya or another comparable tool in the "Messenger Animations & Game Assets" category.
The MCO Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our MCO converter.