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.

Highlight the file with "TMP.MDMP" or ".DMP" file extension, and then click the "Open" button. Windows Debugger opens the dump file and displays it in the preview window.

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.

Hi, I have a 6 month old Windows 7 Ultimate system that's had only the very occasional crash until about the end of May--I've had 4 BSODs since then, three of which point to ntoskrnl.sys as the ...