diff --git a/app/ExtractOptionsDialog.cpp b/app/ExtractOptionsDialog.cpp
index 3ecf95d..2cf93a4 100644
--- a/app/ExtractOptionsDialog.cpp
+++ b/app/ExtractOptionsDialog.cpp
@@ -90,12 +90,7 @@ void ExtractOptionsDialog::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
 
     if (pDX->m_bSaveAndValidate) {
         if (!fIncludeDataForks && !fIncludeRsrcForks && !fIncludeDiskImages) {
-            CString appName, errMsg;
-
-            CheckedLoadString(&appName, IDS_MB_APP_NAME);
-
-            CheckedLoadString(&errMsg, IDS_NO_FORKS_SPECIFIED);
-            MessageBox(errMsg, appName, MB_OK);
+            ShowFailureMsg(this, IDS_NO_FORKS_SPECIFIED, IDS_MB_APP_NAME);
             pDX->Fail();
             return;
         }
diff --git a/util/Util.cpp b/util/Util.cpp
index cd580f0..5f96087 100644
--- a/util/Util.cpp
+++ b/util/Util.cpp
@@ -388,12 +388,22 @@ void GetWin32ErrorString(DWORD err, CString* pStr)
 
 void ShowFailureMsg(CWnd* pWnd, const CString& msg, int titleStrID)
 {
-    CString failed;
+    CString title;
 
-    CheckedLoadString(&failed, titleStrID);
-    pWnd->MessageBox(msg, failed, MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
+    CheckedLoadString(&title, titleStrID);
+    pWnd->MessageBox(msg, title, MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
 }
 
+void ShowFailureMsg(CWnd* pWnd, int msgId, int titleStrID)
+{
+    CString msg, title;
+
+    CheckedLoadString(&title, titleStrID);
+    CheckedLoadString(&msg, msgId);
+    pWnd->MessageBox(msg, title, MB_OK | MB_ICONERROR);
+}
+
+
 bool IsWin9x(void)
 {
     OSVERSIONINFO osvers;
diff --git a/util/Util.h b/util/Util.h
index b6ea851..0c5c060 100644
--- a/util/Util.h
+++ b/util/Util.h
@@ -181,6 +181,12 @@ void GetWin32ErrorString(DWORD err, CString* pStr);
  */
 void ShowFailureMsg(CWnd* pWnd, const CString& msg, int titleStrID);
 
+/*
+ * Post a failure message in a message box.
+ */
+void ShowFailureMsg(CWnd* pWnd, int msgId, int titleStrID);
+
+
 /*
  * Returns "true" if we're running on Win9x (Win95, Win98, WinME), "false"
  * if not (could be WinNT/2K/XP or even Win31 with Win32s).