diff --git a/ncat/ncat.vcxproj b/ncat/ncat.vcxproj
index 185c9338c..fc44dfa59 100644
--- a/ncat/ncat.vcxproj
+++ b/ncat/ncat.vcxproj
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@
     <ClInclude Include="base64.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="http.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="..\mswin32\ifaddrlist.h" />
-    <ClInclude Include="..\mswin32\IPExport.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="ncat.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="ncat_connect.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="ncat_core.h" />
diff --git a/ncat/util.c b/ncat/util.c
index f2eb63e31..fd845b2ba 100644
--- a/ncat/util.c
+++ b/ncat/util.c
@@ -235,7 +235,18 @@ void logtest(const char *fmt, ...)
 /* Exit status 2 indicates a program error other than a network error. */
 void die(char *err)
 {
+#ifdef WIN32
+  int error_number;
+  char *strerror_s;
+  error_number = GetLastError();
+  FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER|FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM,
+      NULL, error_number, MAKELANGID (LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT),
+      (LPTSTR) &strerror_s,  0, NULL);
+  fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", err, strerror_s);
+  HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, strerror_s);
+#else
     perror(err);
+#endif
     fflush(stderr);
     exit(2);
 }