diff --git a/src/index/checkretryfailed.cpp b/src/index/checkretryfailed.cpp
index a3242bc8..dd5c9a2c 100644
--- a/src/index/checkretryfailed.cpp
+++ b/src/index/checkretryfailed.cpp
@@ -16,25 +16,51 @@
  */
 #include "autoconfig.h"
 
+#include "checkretryfailed.h"
+
+#include "safesysstat.h"
+
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "rclconfig.h"
 #include "execmd.h"
 #include "log.h"
-#include "checkretryfailed.h"
+#include "pathut.h"
+#include "recollindex.h"
 
 using namespace std;
 
 bool checkRetryFailed(RclConfig *conf, bool record)
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
-    return true;
+    // Under Windows we only retry if the recollindex program is newer
+    // than the index
+    struct stat st;
+    string path(thisprog);
+    if (path_suffix(path).empty()) {
+        path = path + ".exe";
+    }
+    if (path_fileprops(path, &st) != 0) {
+        LOGERR("checkRetryFailed: can't stat the program file: " <<
+               thisprog << endl);
+        return false;
+    }
+    time_t exetime = st.st_mtime;
+    if (path_fileprops(conf->getDbDir(), &st) != 0) {
+        // Maybe it just does not exist.
+        LOGDEB("checkRetryFailed: can't stat the index directory: " <<
+               conf->getDbDir() << endl);
+        return false;
+    }
+    time_t dbtime = st.st_mtime;
+    return exetime > dbtime;
 #else
     string cmd;
 
     if (!conf->getConfParam("checkneedretryindexscript", cmd)) {
-        LOGDEB("checkRetryFailed: 'checkneedretryindexscript' not set in config\n" );
+        LOGDEB("checkRetryFailed: 'checkneedretryindexscript' "
+               "not set in config\n");
         // We could toss a dice ? Say no retry in this case.
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/src/index/recollindex.cpp b/src/index/recollindex.cpp
index 65961938..5a49486d 100644
--- a/src/index/recollindex.cpp
+++ b/src/index/recollindex.cpp
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ bool runWebFilesMoverScript(RclConfig *config)
 }
 
 
-static const char *thisprog;
+string thisprog;
 
 static const char usage [] =
 "\n"
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ static void
 Usage(FILE *where = stderr)
 {
     FILE *fp = (op_flags & OPT_h) ? stdout : stderr;
-    fprintf(fp, "%s: Usage: %s", thisprog, usage);
+    fprintf(fp, "%s: Usage: %s", path_getsimple(thisprog).c_str(), usage);
     fprintf(fp, "Recoll version: %s\n", Rcl::version_string().c_str());
     exit((op_flags & OPT_h)==0);
 }
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     o_reexec->init(argc, argv);
 #endif
 
-    thisprog = argv[0];
+    thisprog = path_absolute(argv[0]);
     argc--; argv++;
 
     while (argc > 0 && **argv == '-') {
@@ -697,7 +697,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         indexerFlags &= ~ConfIndexer::IxFNoRetryFailed; 
     } else {
         if (checkRetryFailed(config, false)) {
+            LOGDEB("recollindex: files in error will be retried\n");
             indexerFlags &= ~ConfIndexer::IxFNoRetryFailed; 
+        } else {
+            LOGDEB("recollindex: files in error will not be retried\n");
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/index/recollindex.h b/src/index/recollindex.h
index 272719a2..4f838d32 100644
--- a/src/index/recollindex.h
+++ b/src/index/recollindex.h
@@ -43,5 +43,6 @@ extern void addIdxReason(std::string who, std::string reason);
 
 class ReExec;
 extern ReExec *o_reexec;
+extern std::string thisprog;
 
 #endif /* _recollindex_h_included_ */
diff --git a/src/windows/qmkrecoll/librecoll.pro b/src/windows/qmkrecoll/librecoll.pro
index b3ceb1ec..a564df26 100644
--- a/src/windows/qmkrecoll/librecoll.pro
+++ b/src/windows/qmkrecoll/librecoll.pro
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ SOURCES += \
 ../../common/utf8fn.cpp \
 ../../index/webqueue.cpp \
 ../../index/webqueuefetcher.cpp \
-../../index/checkretryfailed.cpp \
 ../../index/fetcher.cpp \
 ../../index/exefetcher.cpp \
 ../../index/fsfetcher.cpp \
diff --git a/src/windows/qmkrecoll/recollindex.pro b/src/windows/qmkrecoll/recollindex.pro
index 7a216b10..81f1800a 100644
--- a/src/windows/qmkrecoll/recollindex.pro
+++ b/src/windows/qmkrecoll/recollindex.pro
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ DEFINES += RCL_MONITOR
 
 SOURCES += \
 ../../index/recollindex.cpp \
+../../index/checkretryfailed.cpp \
 ../../index/rclmonprc.cpp \
 ../../index/rclmonrcv.cpp