diff -r 3c21da93db9f -r ab7b94c03bc9 QTfrontend/main.cpp
--- a/QTfrontend/main.cpp	Tue Oct 23 05:21:44 2012 +0200
+++ b/QTfrontend/main.cpp	Tue Oct 23 06:50:19 2012 +0200
@@ -91,10 +91,12 @@
     if (!tmpdir.exists(dir))
         if (!tmpdir.mkdir(dir))
         {
-            QMessageBox::critical(0,
-                                  QObject::tr("Error"),
-                                  QObject::tr("Cannot create directory %1").arg(dir),
-                                  QObject::tr("OK"));
+            QMessageBox directoryMsg(QApplication::activeWindow());
+            directoryMsg.setIcon(QMessageBox::Warning);
+            directoryMsg.setWindowTitle(QMessageBox::tr("Main - Error"));
+            directoryMsg.setText(QMessageBox::tr("Cannot create directory %1").arg(dir));
+            directoryMsg.setWindowModality(Qt::WindowModal);
+            directoryMsg.exec();
             return false;
         }
     return true;
@@ -205,10 +207,14 @@
     datadir->cd(*cDataDir);
     if(!datadir->cd("hedgewars/Data"))
     {
-        QMessageBox::critical(0, QMessageBox::tr("Error"),
-                              QMessageBox::tr("Failed to open data directory:\n%1\n"
-                                              "Please check your installation").
-                              arg(datadir->absolutePath()+"/hedgewars/Data"));
+        QMessageBox missingMsg(QApplication::activeWindow());
+        missingMsg.setIcon(QMessageBox::Critical);
+        missingMsg.setWindowTitle(QMessageBox::tr("Main - Error"));
+        missingMsg.setText(QMessageBox::tr("Failed to open data directory:\n%1\n\n"
+                                           "Please check your installation!").
+                                            arg(datadir->absolutePath()+"/hedgewars/Data"));
+        missingMsg.setWindowModality(Qt::WindowModal);
+        missingMsg.exec();
         return 1;
     }