diff --git a/src/file_io.c b/src/file_io.c
index 7cf8f0c..47351bc 100644
--- a/src/file_io.c
+++ b/src/file_io.c
@@ -787,6 +787,19 @@ psf_open_handle (PSF_FILE * pfile)
 				return NULL ;
 		} ;
 
+#if defined (WINAPI_FAMILY_PARTITION) && !WINAPI_FAMILY_PARTITION(WINAPI_PARTITION_DESKTOP | WINAPI_PARTITION_SYSTEM)
+	if (!pfile->use_wchar)
+		return NULL;
+
+	CREATEFILE2_EXTENDED_PARAMETERS cfParams = {0};
+	cfParams.dwSize = sizeof(CREATEFILE2_EXTENDED_PARAMETERS);
+	cfParams.dwFileAttributes = FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL;
+
+	handle = CreateFile2(pfile->path.wc, dwDesiredAccess, dwShareMode, dwCreationDistribution, &cfParams);
+
+	if (handle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+		return NULL;
+#else
 	if (pfile->use_wchar)
 		handle = CreateFileW (
 					pfile->path.wc,				/* pointer to name of the file */
@@ -812,6 +825,7 @@ psf_open_handle (PSF_FILE * pfile)
 		return NULL ;
 
 	return handle ;
+#endif
 } /* psf_open_handle */
 
 /* USE_WINDOWS_API */ static void
@@ -1104,7 +1118,16 @@ psf_is_pipe (SF_PRIVATE *psf)
 
 /* USE_WINDOWS_API */ sf_count_t
 psf_get_filelen_handle (HANDLE handle)
-{	sf_count_t filelen ;
+{
+#if defined (WINAPI_FAMILY_PARTITION) && !WINAPI_FAMILY_PARTITION(WINAPI_PARTITION_DESKTOP | WINAPI_PARTITION_SYSTEM)
+	LARGE_INTEGER size;
+
+	if (!GetFileSizeEx(handle, &size) && GetLastError() != NO_ERROR)
+		return (sf_count_t) -1 ;
+
+	return size.QuadPart;
+#else
+	sf_count_t filelen ;
 	DWORD dwFileSizeLow, dwFileSizeHigh, dwError = NO_ERROR ;
 
 	dwFileSizeLow = GetFileSize (handle, &dwFileSizeHigh) ;
@@ -1118,6 +1141,7 @@ psf_get_filelen_handle (HANDLE handle)
 	filelen = dwFileSizeLow + ((__int64) dwFileSizeHigh << 32) ;
 
 	return filelen ;
+#endif
 } /* psf_get_filelen_handle */
 
 /* USE_WINDOWS_API */ void