diff --git a/programs/notepad/main.c b/programs/notepad/main.c
index 873ee2d5985..098473819b8 100644
--- a/programs/notepad/main.c
+++ b/programs/notepad/main.c
@@ -444,11 +444,11 @@ DWORD CreateLine(
 void LoadBufferFromFile(LPCSTR szFileName)
 {
     HANDLE hFile;
-    OFSTRUCT ofs;
     CHAR *pTemp;
     DWORD size,i,len,bytes_left,bytes_read;
 
-    hFile = (HANDLE)OpenFile(szFileName, &ofs, OF_READ);
+    hFile = CreateFile(szFileName, GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL,
+                           OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
     if(hFile == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
         return;
     size = BUFFERCHUNKSIZE;
diff --git a/programs/view/view.c b/programs/view/view.c
index 83cd499b2a5..b4a03d1ed0c 100644
--- a/programs/view/view.c
+++ b/programs/view/view.c
@@ -132,10 +132,9 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd,
 BOOL FileIsPlaceable( LPCSTR szFileName )
 {
   HFILE		hInFile;
-  OFSTRUCT		inof;
   APMFILEHEADER	apmh;
 
-  if( (hInFile = OpenFile( szFileName, &inof, OF_READ ) ) == HFILE_ERROR )
+  if( (hInFile = _lopen( szFileName, OF_READ ) ) == HFILE_ERROR )
     return FALSE;
 
   if( _lread( hInFile, &apmh, sizeof(APMFILEHEADER) ) 
@@ -157,11 +156,10 @@ HMETAFILE GetPlaceableMetaFile( HWND hwnd, LPCSTR szFileName )
   APMFILEHEADER	APMHeader;
   HFILE	fh;
   HMETAFILE hmf;
-  OFSTRUCT inof;
   WORD checksum, *p;
   int i;
 
-  if( (fh = OpenFile( szFileName, &inof, OF_READ ) ) == HFILE_ERROR ) return 0;
+  if( (fh = _lopen( szFileName, OF_READ ) ) == HFILE_ERROR ) return 0;
   _llseek(fh, 0, 0);
   if (!_lread(fh, (LPSTR)&APMHeader, sizeof(APMFILEHEADER))) return 0;
   _llseek(fh, sizeof(APMFILEHEADER), 0);