diff --git a/Docs/src/history.but b/Docs/src/history.but
index 4fe29586..5fa11c17 100644
--- a/Docs/src/history.but
+++ b/Docs/src/history.but
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Released on ?, 201?
 
 \S2{} Minor Changes
 
+\b Exec[Wait] sets the CREATE_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE flag when creating a process
+
 \b Fixed minor issues in the Pascal NSIS plug-in SDK and removed the extrap global variable
 
 \S1{v3.0b2-cl} Changelog
diff --git a/Source/exehead/util.c b/Source/exehead/util.c
index b45518ef..b9bf86e7 100644
--- a/Source/exehead/util.c
+++ b/Source/exehead/util.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ HANDLE NSISCALL myCreateProcess(TCHAR *cmd)
   PROCESS_INFORMATION ProcInfo;
   static STARTUPINFO StartUp;
   StartUp.cb=sizeof(StartUp);
-  if (!CreateProcess(NULL, cmd, NULL, NULL, FALSE, 0, NULL, NULL, &StartUp, &ProcInfo))
+  if (!CreateProcess(NULL, cmd, NULL, NULL, FALSE, CREATE_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE, NULL, NULL, &StartUp, &ProcInfo))
     return NULL;
   CloseHandle(ProcInfo.hThread);
   return ProcInfo.hProcess;