diff --git a/App/main.vp b/App/main.vp
index 013a5bb..1244a46 100644
--- a/App/main.vp
+++ b/App/main.vp
@@ -389,9 +389,9 @@ Target: %s
     # --asan requires the project to declare the ASan runtime in project.vpj linker.static_libs (no hardcoded paths); missing fails fast
     if BuildPipeline._asan_mode != 0 and Config.asan_runtime_declared() == 0:
         log.error("Enabling --asan requires declaring the ASan runtime in project.vpj's linker.static_libs:", "asan")
-        log.error("    D:/msys64/clang64/lib/clang/22/lib/windows/libclang_rt.asan_dynamic-x86_64.dll.a", "asan")
-        log.error("    D:/msys64/clang64/lib/clang/22/lib/windows/libclang_rt.asan_dynamic_runtime_thunk-x86_64.a", "asan")
-        log.error("At runtime D:/msys64/clang64/bin (libclang_rt.asan_dynamic-x86_64.dll) must also be on PATH", "asan")
+        log.error("    <MSYS2>/clang64/lib/clang/<ver>/lib/windows/libclang_rt.asan_dynamic-x86_64.dll.a", "asan")
+        log.error("    <MSYS2>/clang64/lib/clang/<ver>/lib/windows/libclang_rt.asan_dynamic_runtime_thunk-x86_64.a", "asan")
+        log.error("The clang64 root is auto-detected from PATH (see README section 8.1)", "asan")
         return 1
 
     # === --clean: remove temp, output and includes.binary directories ===
diff --git a/project.vpj b/project.vpj
index 9a959c4..860cba6 100644
--- a/project.vpj
+++ b/project.vpj
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         ]
     },
     "linker": {
-        "cmd": "D:/msys64/mingw64/bin/clang++.exe",
+        "cmd": "clang++.exe",
         "flags": [
             "-fuse-ld=lld",
             "-lmsvcrt",
diff --git a/repl.vpj b/repl.vpj
index 4a0a787..73eb2dc 100644
--- a/repl.vpj
+++ b/repl.vpj
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         ]
     },
     "linker": {
-        "cmd": "D:/msys64/mingw64/bin/clang++.exe",
+        "cmd": "clang++.exe",
         "flags": [
             "-fuse-ld=lld",
             "-lmsvcrt",