diff --git a/DDSView/ddsview.cpp b/DDSView/ddsview.cpp
index 639e94a1..61b7f1b1 100644
--- a/DDSView/ddsview.cpp
+++ b/DDSView/ddsview.cpp
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ int WINAPI wWinMain( _In_ HINSTANCE hInstance, _In_opt_ HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
     HRESULT hr = GetMetadataFromDDSFile( lpCmdLine, DDS_FLAGS_NONE, mdata );
     if ( FAILED(hr) )
     {
-        WCHAR buff[2048] = { 0 };
+        wchar_t buff[2048] = { 0 };
         swprintf_s( buff, L"Failed to open texture file\n\nFilename = %ls\nHRESULT %08X", lpCmdLine, hr );
         MessageBox( nullptr, buff, L"DDSView", MB_OK | MB_ICONEXCLAMATION );
         return 0;
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ int WINAPI wWinMain( _In_ HINSTANCE hInstance, _In_opt_ HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
     {
         if ( mdata.arraySize > 1 )
         {
-            WCHAR buff[2048] = { 0 };
+            wchar_t buff[2048] = { 0 };
             swprintf_s( buff, L"Arrays of volume textures are not supported\n\nFilename = %ls\nArray size %Iu", lpCmdLine, mdata.arraySize );
             MessageBox( nullptr, buff, L"DDSView", MB_OK | MB_ICONEXCLAMATION );
             return 0;
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ int WINAPI wWinMain( _In_ HINSTANCE hInstance, _In_opt_ HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
     case DXGI_FORMAT_BC7_UNORM_SRGB:
         if ( g_featureLevel < D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0 )
         {
-            WCHAR buff[2048] = { 0 };
+            wchar_t buff[2048] = { 0 };
             swprintf_s( buff, L"BC6H/BC7 requires DirectX 11 hardware\n\nFilename = %ls\nDXGI Format %d\nFeature Level %d", lpCmdLine, mdata.format, g_featureLevel );
             MessageBox( nullptr, buff, L"DDSView", MB_OK | MB_ICONEXCLAMATION );
             return 0;
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ int WINAPI wWinMain( _In_ HINSTANCE hInstance, _In_opt_ HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
             hr = g_pd3dDevice->CheckFormatSupport ( mdata.format, &flags );
             if ( FAILED(hr) || !(flags & (D3D11_FORMAT_SUPPORT_TEXTURE1D|D3D11_FORMAT_SUPPORT_TEXTURE2D|D3D11_FORMAT_SUPPORT_TEXTURE3D)) )
             {
-                WCHAR buff[2048] = { 0 };
+                wchar_t buff[2048] = { 0 };
                 swprintf_s( buff, L"Format not supported by DirectX hardware\n\nFilename = %ls\nDXGI Format %d\nFeature Level %d\nHRESULT = %08X", lpCmdLine, mdata.format, g_featureLevel, hr );
                 MessageBox( nullptr, buff, L"DDSView", MB_OK | MB_ICONEXCLAMATION );
                 return 0;
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ int WINAPI wWinMain( _In_ HINSTANCE hInstance, _In_opt_ HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
     hr = LoadFromDDSFile( lpCmdLine, DDS_FLAGS_NONE, &mdata, image );
     if ( FAILED(hr) )
     {
-        WCHAR buff[2048] = { 0 };
+        wchar_t buff[2048] = { 0 };
         swprintf_s( buff, L"Failed to load texture file\n\nFilename = %ls\nHRESULT %08X", lpCmdLine, hr );
         MessageBox( nullptr, buff, L"DDSView", MB_OK | MB_ICONEXCLAMATION );
         return 0;
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ int WINAPI wWinMain( _In_ HINSTANCE hInstance, _In_opt_ HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
     hr = CreateShaderResourceView( g_pd3dDevice, image.GetImages(), image.GetImageCount(), mdata, &g_pSRV );
     if ( FAILED(hr) )
     {
-        WCHAR buff[2048] = { 0 };
+        wchar_t buff[2048] = { 0 };
         swprintf_s( buff, L"Failed creating texture from file\n\nFilename = %ls\nHRESULT = %08X", lpCmdLine, hr );
         MessageBox( nullptr, buff, L"DDSView", MB_OK | MB_ICONEXCLAMATION );
         return 0;
diff --git a/Texassemble/texassemble.cpp b/Texassemble/texassemble.cpp
index 310761a8..48f16e99 100644
--- a/Texassemble/texassemble.cpp
+++ b/Texassemble/texassemble.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static_assert( OPT_MAX <= 32, "dwOptions is a DWORD bitfield" );
 
 struct SConversion
 {
-    WCHAR szSrc [MAX_PATH];
+    wchar_t szSrc [MAX_PATH];
 };
 
 struct SValue
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ SValue g_pFilters[] =
 
 #pragma prefast(disable : 26018, "Only used with static internal arrays")
 
-DWORD LookupByName(const WCHAR *pName, const SValue *pArray)
+DWORD LookupByName(const wchar_t *pName, const SValue *pArray)
 {
     while(pArray->pName)
     {
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ DWORD LookupByName(const WCHAR *pName, const SValue *pArray)
     return 0;
 }
 
-const WCHAR* LookupByValue(DWORD pValue, const SValue *pArray)
+const wchar_t* LookupByValue(DWORD pValue, const SValue *pArray)
 {
     while(pArray->pName)
     {
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ int __cdecl wmain(_In_ int argc, _In_z_count_(argc) wchar_t* argv[])
     DWORD dwFilter = TEX_FILTER_DEFAULT;
     DWORD dwFilterOpts = 0;
 
-    WCHAR szOutputFile[MAX_PATH] = { 0 };
+    wchar_t szOutputFile[MAX_PATH] = { 0 };
 
     // Initialize COM (needed for WIC)
     HRESULT hr = hr = CoInitializeEx(nullptr, COINIT_MULTITHREADED);
@@ -462,8 +462,8 @@ int __cdecl wmain(_In_ int argc, _In_z_count_(argc) wchar_t* argv[])
 
     for( auto pConv = conversion.begin(); pConv != conversion.end(); ++pConv )
     {
-        WCHAR ext[_MAX_EXT];
-        WCHAR fname[_MAX_FNAME];
+        wchar_t ext[_MAX_EXT];
+        wchar_t fname[_MAX_FNAME];
         _wsplitpath_s( pConv->szSrc, nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0, fname, _MAX_FNAME, ext, _MAX_EXT );
 
         // Load source image
diff --git a/Texconv/texconv.cpp b/Texconv/texconv.cpp
index 086cef5f..d89f995f 100644
--- a/Texconv/texconv.cpp
+++ b/Texconv/texconv.cpp
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ static_assert( OPT_MAX <= 64, "dwOptions is a DWORD64 bitfield" );
 
 struct SConversion
 {
-    WCHAR szSrc [MAX_PATH];
-    WCHAR szDest[MAX_PATH];
+    wchar_t szSrc [MAX_PATH];
+    wchar_t szDest[MAX_PATH];
 };
 
 struct SValue
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ inline static bool ispow2(size_t x)
 
 #pragma prefast(disable : 26018, "Only used with static internal arrays")
 
-DWORD LookupByName(const WCHAR *pName, const SValue *pArray)
+DWORD LookupByName(const wchar_t *pName, const SValue *pArray)
 {
     while(pArray->pName)
     {
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ DWORD LookupByName(const WCHAR *pName, const SValue *pArray)
     return 0;
 }
 
-const WCHAR* LookupByValue(DWORD pValue, const SValue *pArray)
+const wchar_t* LookupByValue(DWORD pValue, const SValue *pArray)
 {
     while(pArray->pName)
     {
@@ -656,9 +656,9 @@ int __cdecl wmain(_In_ int argc, _In_z_count_(argc) wchar_t* argv[])
     DWORD dwNormalMap = 0;
     float nmapAmplitude = 1.f;
 
-    WCHAR szPrefix   [MAX_PATH];
-    WCHAR szSuffix   [MAX_PATH];
-    WCHAR szOutputDir[MAX_PATH];
+    wchar_t szPrefix   [MAX_PATH];
+    wchar_t szSuffix   [MAX_PATH];
+    wchar_t szOutputDir[MAX_PATH];
 
     szPrefix[0]    = 0;
     szSuffix[0]    = 0;
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ int __cdecl wmain(_In_ int argc, _In_z_count_(argc) wchar_t* argv[])
 
     wcscpy_s(szPrefix, MAX_PATH, szOutputDir);
 
-    const WCHAR* fileTypeName = LookupByValue(FileType, g_pSaveFileTypes);
+    const wchar_t* fileTypeName = LookupByValue(FileType, g_pSaveFileTypes);
 
     if (fileTypeName)
     {
@@ -1028,8 +1028,8 @@ int __cdecl wmain(_In_ int argc, _In_z_count_(argc) wchar_t* argv[])
         wprintf( L"reading %ls", pConv->szSrc );
         fflush(stdout);
 
-        WCHAR ext[_MAX_EXT];
-        WCHAR fname[_MAX_FNAME];
+        wchar_t ext[_MAX_EXT];
+        wchar_t fname[_MAX_FNAME];
         _wsplitpath_s( pConv->szSrc, nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0, fname, _MAX_FNAME, ext, _MAX_EXT );
 
         TexMetadata info;
@@ -1737,7 +1737,7 @@ int __cdecl wmain(_In_ int argc, _In_z_count_(argc) wchar_t* argv[])
             wprintf( L"\n");
 
             // Figure out dest filename
-            WCHAR *pchSlash, *pchDot;
+            wchar_t *pchSlash, *pchDot;
 
             wcscpy_s(pConv->szDest, MAX_PATH, szPrefix);