1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/zen/com_error.h b/zen/com_error.h
index c67c4193..d891fa13 100644
--- a/zen/com_error.h
+++ b/zen/com_error.h
@@ -212,17 +212,16 @@ std::wstring generateErrorMsg(const std::wstring& input, HRESULT hr)
 {
     std::wstring output(input);
     output += L"\n";
-    output += L"HRESULT: " + numberToHexString(hr) + L",\n";
 
     //don't use _com_error(hr).ErrorMessage(): internally this is nothing more than a call to ::FormatMessage()
     std::wstring win32Msg = formatWin32Msg(hr);
     if (!win32Msg.empty())  //empty string on error
-        output += win32Msg;
+        output += win32Msg + L"\n" + L"HRESULT: " + numberToHexString(hr);
     else
-    {
-        output += L"Facility: " + formatFacility(hr) + L",\n";
-        output += L"Win32 Error: " + formatWin32Msg(HRESULT_CODE(hr)); //interpret hr as a Win32 code; this is often useful...
-    }
+        output += L"HRESULT: " + numberToHexString(hr) + L", " + L"Facility: " + formatFacility(hr);
+    //don't bluntly interpret as Win32 error code HRESULT_CODE(hr), too often misleading!
+    //http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2006/11/03/942851.aspx
+
     return output;
 }