HDMP File Extension

Windows Heap Dump File

Overview – Introducing HDMP File Format

HDMP is an acronym for Windows Heap Dump file. HDMP is an uncompressed version of an error dump originally generated in Windows XP/Vista.

Windows XP/Vista generate this file when either a program delivers error or gets crashed. The .HDMP file extension keeps a dump of the program state about the point when the issue occurred.

These HDMP files get created for the purpose of analyzing or investigating the reason that made the application get crash.

Application Category

System files

Organization

Microsoft Corporation

MIME Type

N/A

Technical Specifications

File Signature Details

Hexadecimal Signature 4D 44 4D 50 93 A7

Unique binary header for Windows uncompressed heap dumps.

Applications Supported

Microsoft Visual Studio 2013

How to open and view HDMP File Extension

The Heap Dump file (HDMP Extension) can be opened using text editors. Some of them are given as follows:

Microsoft Visual Studio Standard environment for Windows debugging.

Notepad++ and More Advanced text editors for raw data inspection.