Index: operations.cpp
===================================================================
--- operations.cpp	(revision 78142)
+++ operations.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -596,9 +596,12 @@
       ::GetFullPathNameW(src.c_str(), static_cast<DWORD>(len), buf, p));
   }
 
-  fs::file_status process_status_failure(const path& p, error_code* ec)
+  fs::file_status process_status_failure(const path& p, int errval, error_code* ec)
   {
-    int errval(::GetLastError());
+    // Some compilers can call ::SetLastError(0) just before process_status_failure 
+    // is called. It is much safer to call ::GetLastError() in a function, 
+    // that triggered a failure.
+    //int errval(::GetLastError());   
     if (ec != 0)                             // always report errval, even though some
       ec->assign(errval, system_category());   // errval values are not status_errors
 
@@ -623,7 +626,7 @@
     DWORD attr(::GetFileAttributesW(p.c_str()));
     if (attr == 0xFFFFFFFF)
     {
-      return process_status_failure(p, ec).type();
+      return process_status_failure(p, ::GetLastError(), ec).type();
     }
 
     if (ec != 0) ec->clear();
@@ -1616,7 +1619,7 @@
     DWORD attr(::GetFileAttributesW(p.c_str()));
     if (attr == 0xFFFFFFFF)
     {
-      return process_status_failure(p, ec);
+      return process_status_failure(p, ::GetLastError(), ec);
     }
 
     //  reparse point handling;
@@ -1635,7 +1638,7 @@
             0)); // hTemplateFile
       if (h.handle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
       {
-        return process_status_failure(p, ec);
+        return process_status_failure(p, ::GetLastError(), ec);
       }
 
       if (!is_reparse_point_a_symlink(p))
@@ -1699,7 +1702,7 @@
     DWORD attr(::GetFileAttributesW(p.c_str()));
     if (attr == 0xFFFFFFFF)
     {
-      return process_status_failure(p, ec);
+      return process_status_failure(p, ::GetLastError(), ec);
     }
 
     if (ec != 0) ec->clear();