diff --git a/src/duplicacy_keyring_windows.go b/src/duplicacy_keyring_windows.go
index cba4c50..4dcbfd9 100644
--- a/src/duplicacy_keyring_windows.go
+++ b/src/duplicacy_keyring_windows.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package duplicacy
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"syscall"
 	"unsafe"
 )
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func keyringGet(key string) (value string) {
 		return ""
 	}
 
-	description, err := ioutil.ReadFile(keyringFile)
+	description, err := os.ReadFile(keyringFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		LOG_DEBUG("KEYRING_READ", "Keyring file not read: %v", err)
 		return ""
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func keyringSet(key string, value string) bool {
 
 	keyring := make(map[string][]byte)
 
-	description, err := ioutil.ReadFile(keyringFile)
+	description, err := os.ReadFile(keyringFile)
 	if err == nil {
 		err = json.Unmarshal(description, &keyring)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func keyringSet(key string, value string) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	err = ioutil.WriteFile(keyringFile, description, 0600)
+	err = os.WriteFile(keyringFile, description, 0600)
 	if err != nil {
 		LOG_DEBUG("KEYRING_WRITE", "Failed to save the keyring storage to file %s: %v", keyringFile, err)
 		return false
diff --git a/src/duplicacy_utils_windows.go b/src/duplicacy_utils_windows.go
index e2e7904..d7c1d76 100644
--- a/src/duplicacy_utils_windows.go
+++ b/src/duplicacy_utils_windows.go
@@ -56,7 +56,11 @@ const (
 
 // Readlink returns the destination of the named symbolic link.
 func Readlink(path string) (isRegular bool, s string, err error) {
-	fd, err := syscall.CreateFile(syscall.StringToUTF16Ptr(path), FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES,
+	pPath, err := syscall.UTF16PtrFromString(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, "", err
+	}
+	fd, err := syscall.CreateFile(pPath, FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES,
 		syscall.FILE_SHARE_READ, nil, syscall.OPEN_EXISTING,
 		syscall.FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT|syscall.FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, 0)
 	if err != nil {