From 482d628ec0070f11d4ca5a4ad1b5e00323e18563 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Wilson <chris+github@qwirx.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 23:21:21 +0000
Subject: Improve handing of error messages that Windows won't decode for some
 reason.

---
 lib/win32/emu.cpp | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'lib/win32')

diff --git a/lib/win32/emu.cpp b/lib/win32/emu.cpp
index 18624eeb..c78fe6b2 100644
--- a/lib/win32/emu.cpp
+++ b/lib/win32/emu.cpp
@@ -536,7 +536,10 @@ std::string GetErrorMessage(DWORD errorCode)
 
 	if (chars == 0 || pMsgBuf == NULL)
 	{
-		return std::string("failed to get error message");
+		std::ostringstream oss;
+		oss << "Failed to get error message for error code " << errorCode << ": error " <<
+			GetLastError();
+		return oss.str();
 	}
 
 	// remove embedded newline
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