I'm not sure that I know what you mean. These functions aren't obscure and have been around for quite a while. For example: CreateFileW [1]. It's just good hygi

I'm not sure that I know what you mean. These functions aren't obscure and have been around for quite a while. For example: CreateFileW [1]. It's just good hygiene to use the Unicode variants and normalize to UNC where appropriate. This has been the case for years. [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa363858(v=vs.85).aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa36...