diff --git a/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Win32.cpp b/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Win32.cpp
index d7415b63ac..a6b4941002 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Win32.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks_Win32.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ ArchHooks_Win32::ArchHooks_Win32()
 {
 	SetUnhandledExceptionFilter(CrashHandler);
 	TimeCritMutex = new RageMutex("TimeCritMutex");
+
+	/* Disable critical errors, and handle them internally.  We never want the
+	 * "drive not ready", etc. dialogs to pop up. */
+	SetErrorMode( SetErrorMode(0) | SEM_FAILCRITICALERRORS );
 }
 
 ArchHooks_Win32::~ArchHooks_Win32()