diff --git a/example2/example2.cpp b/example2/example2.cpp
index 381ac4bd..910a9b4c 100644
--- a/example2/example2.cpp
+++ b/example2/example2.cpp
@@ -28,29 +28,11 @@
 
 using namespace crnlib;
 
-// Copied from crn_strutils.cpp without asserts.
-char* example2_strcpy_safe(char* pDst, size_t dst_len, const char* pSrc) {
-  if (!dst_len)
-    return pDst;
-
-  char* q = pDst;
-  char c;
-
-  do {
-    if (dst_len == 1) {
-      *q++ = '\0';
-      break;
-    }
-
-    c = *pSrc++;
-    *q++ = c;
-
-    dst_len--;
-
-  } while (c);
-
-  return pDst;
-}
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+#define example2_strcpy_safe(d, l, s) strcpy_s(d, l, s)
+#else
+void example2_strcpy_safe(char *d, size_t l, const char* s) {l = strnlen(s, l - 1); memcpy(d, s, l); d[l] = '\0';}
+#endif
 
 static int print_usage() {
   printf("Description: Transcodes .CRN to .DDS files using crn_decomp.h.\n");