diff --git a/src/archutils/Win32/ErrorStrings.cpp b/src/archutils/Win32/ErrorStrings.cpp
index 336c5a0324..4c79144b81 100644
--- a/src/archutils/Win32/ErrorStrings.cpp
+++ b/src/archutils/Win32/ErrorStrings.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 RString werr_ssprintf( int err, const char *fmt, ... )
 {
 	char buf[1024] = "";
-	FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM,
+	FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM | FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
 		0, err, 0, buf, sizeof(buf), nullptr);
 
 	// Why is FormatMessage returning text ending with \r\n? (who? -aj)