diff --git a/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/explorer.cpp b/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/explorer.cpp
index 7d5826cfa35..504f8a829e9 100644
--- a/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/explorer.cpp
+++ b/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/explorer.cpp
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ int WINAPI _tWinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPTSTR lpCmdL
 		_dup2(_open_osfhandle((long)GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), 0), 1);
 		_dup2(_open_osfhandle((long)GetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE), 0), 2);
 
-		g_Globals._log = fdopen(1, "w");
+		g_Globals._log = _fdopen(1, "w");
 		setvbuf(g_Globals._log, 0, _IONBF, 0);
 
 		LOG(TEXT("starting explorer debug log\n"));
diff --git a/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/shell/filechild.cpp b/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/shell/filechild.cpp
index fe27b011b1a..341cc70d3a9 100644
--- a/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/shell/filechild.cpp
+++ b/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/shell/filechild.cpp
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ int FileChildWindow::Command(int id, int code)
 }
 
 
-void FileChildWindow::activate_entry(Pane* pane)	///@todo enable using <RETURN> key accelerator
+void FileChildWindow::activate_entry(Pane* pane)	///@todo enable using RETURN key accelerator
 {
 	Entry* entry = pane->_cur;
 
diff --git a/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/shell/ntobjfs.cpp b/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/shell/ntobjfs.cpp
index 914069d7f61..d182cd6a75b 100644
--- a/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/shell/ntobjfs.cpp
+++ b/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/shell/ntobjfs.cpp
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ void NtObjDirectory::read_directory(int scan_flags)
 #else
 			char type_name[32];
 			WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0, info->type.string_ptr, info->type.string_len, type_name, 32, 0, 0);
-			entry->_type_name = strdup(type_name);
+			entry->_type_name = _strdup(type_name);
 #endif
 
 			if (!first_entry)
diff --git a/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/taskbar/favorites.cpp b/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/taskbar/favorites.cpp
index 6e6fe8a18fc..3793f681179 100644
--- a/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/taskbar/favorites.cpp
+++ b/reactos/subsys/system/explorer/taskbar/favorites.cpp
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ bool Bookmark::read_url(LPCTSTR path)
 			while(isspace(*cont))
 				++cont;
 
-			if (!strnicmp(keyword, "URL", 3))
+			if (!_strnicmp(keyword, "URL", 3))
 				_url = DecodeURLString(cont);
-			else if (!strnicmp(keyword, "IconFile", 8))
+			else if (!_strnicmp(keyword, "IconFile", 8))
 				_icon_path = DecodeURLString(cont);
 		}
 	}