1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/appletlib.c b/libbb/appletlib.c
index 51824f1b3..c90285ae9 100644
--- a/libbb/appletlib.c
+++ b/libbb/appletlib.c
@@ -1349,6 +1349,10 @@ int main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                         break;
                 }
         }
+
+        /* Have this process handle critical errors itself:  the default
+         * system-generated error dialogs may be inconvenient. */
+        SetErrorMode(SEM_FAILCRITICALERRORS);
 #endif
 
 #if defined(__MINGW64_VERSION_MAJOR)