diff --git a/Texassemble/texassemble.cpp b/Texassemble/texassemble.cpp
index 7f21edc..8ce0442 100644
--- a/Texassemble/texassemble.cpp
+++ b/Texassemble/texassemble.cpp
@@ -604,8 +604,8 @@ namespace
 
         LPWSTR errorText = nullptr;
 
-        DWORD result = FormatMessageW(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM | FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, nullptr,
-            static_cast<DWORD>(hr),
+        DWORD result = FormatMessageW(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM | FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS | FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER,
+            nullptr, static_cast<DWORD>(hr),
             MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), reinterpret_cast<LPWSTR>(&errorText), 0, nullptr);
 
         *desc = 0;
diff --git a/Texconv/texconv.cpp b/Texconv/texconv.cpp
index 4f24013..7f6f210 100644
--- a/Texconv/texconv.cpp
+++ b/Texconv/texconv.cpp
@@ -900,8 +900,8 @@ namespace
 
         LPWSTR errorText = nullptr;
 
-        DWORD result = FormatMessageW(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM | FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, nullptr,
-            static_cast<DWORD>(hr),
+        DWORD result = FormatMessageW(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM | FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS | FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER,
+            nullptr, static_cast<DWORD>(hr),
             MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), reinterpret_cast<LPWSTR>(&errorText), 0, nullptr);
 
         *desc = 0;
diff --git a/Texdiag/texdiag.cpp b/Texdiag/texdiag.cpp
index 2511f0a..48aa60c 100644
--- a/Texdiag/texdiag.cpp
+++ b/Texdiag/texdiag.cpp
@@ -604,8 +604,8 @@ namespace
 
         LPWSTR errorText = nullptr;
 
-        DWORD result = FormatMessageW(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM | FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, nullptr,
-            static_cast<DWORD>(hr),
+        DWORD result = FormatMessageW(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM | FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS | FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER,
+            nullptr, static_cast<DWORD>(hr),
             MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), reinterpret_cast<LPWSTR>(&errorText), 0, nullptr);
 
         *desc = 0;