How to read DMP files Now that .dmp files are being generated for each BSOD, you need an app that can open them.

Learn how to open, read & analyze Mini/Small Memory Crash Dump (DMP) files in Windows 11/10. You can also use a Dump File Analyzer.

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.