How to create DMP files in Windows Before we get into opening .dmp files, you have to make sure your computer will actually generate them whenever you run into a BSOD.

Reading those files is 90% skill, 10% software. Which is why there is no built-in method for opening them. End users would not know what to do with that information.

I have a Windows 7 x64 .DMP file that I need to analyze. The user had a BSOD with the following message: What tool or command line can I use to view the file and try to further determine what the ...

We explain System Error Memory Dump Files, the different types, where they are located, and how to delete them in Windows 11/10.