diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fbfae2dd..555ff0d6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ src/bin/vld.ini
 /src/tests/vld_ComTest/ComTest_p.c
 /src/tests/vld_ComTest/ComTest_i.c
 *.VC.opendb
+.vs
diff --git a/src/utility.cpp b/src/utility.cpp
index e3c32fe4..5bf6e4bb 100644
--- a/src/utility.cpp
+++ b/src/utility.cpp
@@ -717,7 +717,8 @@ VOID Print (LPWSTR messagew)
             const size_t MAXMESSAGELENGTH = 5119;
             size_t  count = 0;
             CHAR    messagea [MAXMESSAGELENGTH + 1];
-            if (wcstombs_s(&count, messagea, MAXMESSAGELENGTH + 1, messagew, _TRUNCATE) != 0) {
+            errno_t ret = wcstombs_s(&count, messagea, MAXMESSAGELENGTH + 1, messagew, _TRUNCATE);
+            if (ret != 0 && ret != STRUNCATE) {
                 // Failed to convert the Unicode message to ASCII.
                 assert(FALSE);
                 return;