From 18983c5387b211ff86a7e7ec0f4f0b24ecbf9fc8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ThorstenB <brehmt@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:55:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid "no disk in drive" popups on Win7 systems Stray
 accesses to exchangeable drives cause pop-up error boxes on Win7 systems,
 blocking the entire process.

---
 src/Main/bootstrap.cxx | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Main/bootstrap.cxx b/src/Main/bootstrap.cxx
index c29440dba..2208ceb15 100644
--- a/src/Main/bootstrap.cxx
+++ b/src/Main/bootstrap.cxx
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 #  include <config.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_WINDOWS_H
+#include <windows.h>
+#endif
+
 #if defined(HAVE_FEENABLEEXCEPT)
 #ifndef _GNU_SOURCE
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
@@ -167,6 +171,11 @@ int _bootstrap_OSInit;
 // Main entry point; catch any exceptions that have made it this far.
 int main ( int argc, char **argv ) {
 #if _MSC_VER
+  // Don't show blocking "no disk in drive" error messages on Windows 7,
+  // silently return errors to application instead.
+  // See Microsoft MSDN #ms680621: "GUI apps should specify SEM_NOOPENFILEERRORBOX"
+  SetErrorMode(SEM_NOOPENFILEERRORBOX);
+
   // Windows has no $HOME aka %HOME%, so we have to construct the full path.
   // make sure it fits into the buffer. Max. path length is 255, but who knows
   // what's in these environment variables?