From 7efd75972d72b5b2101ce2af9c0e646b0de6f821 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hugo Locurcio <hugo.locurcio@hugo.pro>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 02:03:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Improve error message when `OS.execute()` fails on Windows

This takes the error message from 4.x and backports it to 3.x.
---
 platform/windows/os_windows.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/platform/windows/os_windows.cpp b/platform/windows/os_windows.cpp
index 251c5bcc8e5c..bea3c643716c 100644
--- a/platform/windows/os_windows.cpp
+++ b/platform/windows/os_windows.cpp
@@ -2978,7 +2978,7 @@ Error OS_Windows::execute(const String &p_path, const List<String> &p_arguments,
 		CloseHandle(pipe[0]); // Cleanup pipe handles.
 		CloseHandle(pipe[1]);
 	}
-	ERR_FAIL_COND_V(ret == 0, ERR_CANT_FORK);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND_V_MSG(ret == 0, ERR_CANT_FORK, "Could not create child process: " + String(modstr.ptr()));
 
 	if (p_blocking) {
 		if (r_pipe) {