diff --git a/core/os/file_windows.odin b/core/os/file_windows.odin
index 0b0baeea3..96f6d8e8f 100644
--- a/core/os/file_windows.odin
+++ b/core/os/file_windows.odin
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ exists :: proc(path: string) -> bool {
 	wpath := win32.utf8_to_wstring(path, context.temp_allocator)
 	attribs := win32.GetFileAttributesW(wpath)
 
-	return i32(attribs) != win32.INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES
+	return attribs != win32.INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES
 }
 
 is_file :: proc(path: string) -> bool {
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ is_file :: proc(path: string) -> bool {
 	wpath := win32.utf8_to_wstring(path, context.temp_allocator)
 	attribs := win32.GetFileAttributesW(wpath)
 
-	if i32(attribs) != win32.INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES {
+	if attribs != win32.INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES {
 		return attribs & win32.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY == 0
 	}
 	return false
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ is_dir :: proc(path: string) -> bool {
 	wpath := win32.utf8_to_wstring(path, context.temp_allocator)
 	attribs := win32.GetFileAttributesW(wpath)
 
-	if i32(attribs) != win32.INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES {
+	if attribs != win32.INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES {
 		return attribs & win32.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY != 0
 	}
 	return false
diff --git a/core/os/os2/file_windows.odin b/core/os/os2/file_windows.odin
index 600ecde21..7c31defe9 100644
--- a/core/os/os2/file_windows.odin
+++ b/core/os/os2/file_windows.odin
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ _remove :: proc(name: string) -> Error {
 
 	if err != err1 {
 		a := win32.GetFileAttributesW(p)
-		if a == ~u32(0) {
+		if a == win32.INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES {
 			err = _get_platform_error()
 		} else {
 			if a & win32.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY != 0 {
@@ -704,13 +704,13 @@ _fchtimes :: proc(f: ^File, atime, mtime: time.Time) -> Error {
 _exists :: proc(path: string) -> bool {
 	wpath := _fix_long_path(path)
 	attribs := win32.GetFileAttributesW(wpath)
-	return i32(attribs) != win32.INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES
+	return attribs != win32.INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES
 }
 
 _is_file :: proc(path: string) -> bool {
 	wpath := _fix_long_path(path)
 	attribs := win32.GetFileAttributesW(wpath)
-	if i32(attribs) != win32.INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES {
+	if attribs != win32.INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES {
 		return attribs & win32.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY == 0
 	}
 	return false
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ _is_file :: proc(path: string) -> bool {
 _is_dir :: proc(path: string) -> bool {
 	wpath := _fix_long_path(path)
 	attribs := win32.GetFileAttributesW(wpath)
-	if i32(attribs) != win32.INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES {
+	if attribs != win32.INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES {
 		return attribs & win32.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY != 0
 	}
 	return false
diff --git a/core/sys/windows/types.odin b/core/sys/windows/types.odin
index 6dbf6d523..37f953c58 100644
--- a/core/sys/windows/types.odin
+++ b/core/sys/windows/types.odin
@@ -2176,7 +2176,7 @@ WC_ERR_INVALID_CHARS :: 128
 MAX_PATH :: 0x00000104
 MAX_PATH_WIDE :: 0x8000
 
-INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES  :: -1
+INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES  :: DWORD(0xffff_ffff)
 
 FILE_TYPE_DISK :: 0x0001
 FILE_TYPE_CHAR :: 0x0002