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diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc b/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
index 73c1b7245..656b3cefb 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
@@ -833,7 +833,12 @@ _dll_crt0 ()
if (_cygwin_testing)
fork_info = NULL;
else if ((fork_info->type & PROC_MAGIC_MASK) == PROC_MAGIC_GENERIC)
- api_fatal ("conflicting versions of cygwin1.dll detected. Use only the most recent version.\n");
+ api_fatal ("\
+You have multiple copies of cygwin1.dll on your system.\n\
+Search for cygwin1.dll using the Windows Start->Find/Search facility\n\
+and delete all but the most recent version. This will probably be\n\
+the one that resides in x:\\cygwin\\bin, where 'x' is the drive on which\n\
+you have installed the cygwin distribution.\n");
break;
}
}