diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e85d135e..ba5f8753 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-04-03  Eric B. Weddington <eric@umginc.net>
+    * confwin.c: Fix bug that allows garbage for non-existent user
+    config filename on Windows.
+
 2003-03-24  Theodore A. Roth  <troth@openavr.org>
 
 	* NEWS: Add note about avr910 support.
diff --git a/confwin.c b/confwin.c
index dfcf37b9..59ae3b1f 100644
--- a/confwin.c
+++ b/confwin.c
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ static char *filename;
 
 void win_sys_config_set(char sys_config[PATH_MAX])
 {
+    sys_config[0] = 0;
+    
     /* Use Windows API call to search for the Windows default system config file.*/
     SearchPath(NULL, "avrdude.conf", NULL, PATH_MAX, sys_config, &filename);
     return;
@@ -38,6 +40,8 @@ void win_sys_config_set(char sys_config[PATH_MAX])
 
 void win_usr_config_set(char usr_config[PATH_MAX])
 {
+    usr_config[0] = 0;
+    
     /* Use Windows API call to search for the Windows default user config file. */
 	SearchPath(NULL, "avrdude.rc", NULL, PATH_MAX, usr_config, &filename);
     return;