diff --git a/src/common/init.c b/src/common/init.c
index 561e856cf..8b6032c03 100644
--- a/src/common/init.c
+++ b/src/common/init.c
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ void ffStart(void)
     ffHideCursor = instance.config.display.hideCursor && !instance.config.display.pipe && !instance.state.resultDoc;
 
     #ifdef _WIN32
+    SetErrorMode(SEM_FAILCRITICALERRORS);
     if (instance.config.display.noBuffer)
         setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
     else
diff --git a/src/detection/disk/disk_windows.c b/src/detection/disk/disk_windows.c
index e8955908b..092a247c3 100644
--- a/src/detection/disk/disk_windows.c
+++ b/src/detection/disk/disk_windows.c
@@ -99,9 +99,6 @@ const char* ffDetectDisksImpl(FFDiskOptions* options, FFlist* disks)
 
         wchar_t diskName[MAX_PATH + 1], diskFileSystem[MAX_PATH + 1];
 
-        //https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/fileapi/nf-fileapi-getvolumeinformationa#remarks
-        UINT errorMode = SetErrorMode(SEM_FAILCRITICALERRORS);
-
         DWORD diskFlags;
         BOOL result = GetVolumeInformationW(mountpoint,
             diskName, ARRAY_SIZE(diskName), //Volume name
@@ -110,7 +107,6 @@ const char* ffDetectDisksImpl(FFDiskOptions* options, FFlist* disks)
             &diskFlags, //File system flags
             diskFileSystem, ARRAY_SIZE(diskFileSystem)
         );
-        SetErrorMode(errorMode);
 
         if(result)
         {