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.

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.

It should contain the specific Stop code which you can Google. The secdrv.sys file has been included with Windows since XP; it's a shim for Macrovision SafeDisc.

Crash Dump files store information about application crash. Learn how to manually create Crash Dump file in Windows 11/10 via Task Manager or CMD.