diff --git a/opener/Cargo.toml b/opener/Cargo.toml
index 2d26d6d..f2dc3c5 100644
--- a/opener/Cargo.toml
+++ b/opener/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ maintenance = { status = "passively-maintained" }
 
 [features]
 default = ["dbus-vendored"]
-reveal = ["dep:url", "dep:dbus", "winapi/shtypes", "winapi/objbase"]
+reveal = ["dep:url", "dep:dbus", "windows-sys/Win32_System_Com"]
 dbus-vendored = ["dbus/vendored"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ url = { version = "2", optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 normpath = "1"
-winapi = { version = "0.3", features = ["shellapi", "winerror"] }
+windows-sys = { version = "0.52", features = [
+  "Win32_Foundation",
+  "Win32_UI_Shell",
+  "Win32_UI_WindowsAndMessaging",
+] }
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 all-features = true
diff --git a/opener/src/windows.rs b/opener/src/windows.rs
index dbdc943..7d50fc1 100644
--- a/opener/src/windows.rs
+++ b/opener/src/windows.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::os::windows::ffi::OsStrExt;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::{io, ptr};
-use winapi::ctypes::c_int;
-use winapi::um::shellapi::ShellExecuteW;
+use windows_sys::Win32::UI::Shell::ShellExecuteW;
+use windows_sys::Win32::UI::WindowsAndMessaging::SW_SHOW;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "reveal")]
 mod reveal;
@@ -27,13 +27,11 @@ pub(crate) fn open(path: &OsStr) -> Result<(), OpenError> {
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn open_helper(path: &OsStr) -> Result<(), OpenError> {
-    const SW_SHOW: c_int = 5;
-
     let path = convert_path(path).map_err(OpenError::Io)?;
     let operation: Vec<u16> = OsStr::new("open\0").encode_wide().collect();
     let result = unsafe {
         ShellExecuteW(
-            ptr::null_mut(),
+            0,
             operation.as_ptr(),
             path.as_ptr(),
             ptr::null(),
@@ -41,7 +39,7 @@ pub(crate) fn open_helper(path: &OsStr) -> Result<(), OpenError> {
             SW_SHOW,
         )
     };
-    if result as c_int > 32 {
+    if result > 32 {
         Ok(())
     } else {
         Err(OpenError::Io(io::Error::last_os_error()))
diff --git a/opener/src/windows/reveal.rs b/opener/src/windows/reveal.rs
index bd0958f..4488bb9 100644
--- a/opener/src/windows/reveal.rs
+++ b/opener/src/windows/reveal.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
+#![allow(non_camel_case_types, non_snake_case)]
+
 use super::convert_path;
 use crate::OpenError;
 use normpath::PathExt;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::{io, ptr, thread};
-use winapi::shared::minwindef::{DWORD, UINT};
-use winapi::shared::ntdef::PCWSTR;
-use winapi::shared::winerror::HRESULT;
-use winapi::um::combaseapi::{CoInitializeEx, CoUninitialize};
-use winapi::um::objbase::COINIT_MULTITHREADED;
-use winapi::um::shtypes::{
-    PCIDLIST_ABSOLUTE, PCUITEMID_CHILD_ARRAY, PIDLIST_ABSOLUTE, PIDLIST_RELATIVE,
-};
+use windows_sys::core::{HRESULT, PCWSTR};
+use windows_sys::Win32::System::Com::{CoInitializeEx, CoUninitialize, COINIT_MULTITHREADED};
 
 pub(crate) fn reveal(path: &Path) -> Result<(), OpenError> {
     let path = path.to_owned();
@@ -22,57 +18,70 @@ pub(crate) fn reveal(path: &Path) -> Result<(), OpenError> {
 }
 
 fn reveal_in_thread(path: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
-    to_io_result(unsafe { CoInitializeEx(ptr::null_mut(), COINIT_MULTITHREADED) })?;
-    let item_id_list = ItemIdList::new(path)?;
-    // Because the cidl argument is zero, SHOpenFolderAndSelectItems opens the singular item
-    // in our item id list in its containing folder and selects it.
-    to_io_result(unsafe { SHOpenFolderAndSelectItems(item_id_list.0, 0, ptr::null(), 0) })?;
-    unsafe { CoUninitialize() };
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-fn to_io_result(hresult: HRESULT) -> io::Result<()> {
-    if hresult >= 0 {
-        Ok(())
-    } else {
-        // See the HRESULT_CODE macro in winerror.h
-        Err(io::Error::from_raw_os_error(hresult & 0xFFFF))
+    unsafe {
+        to_io_result(CoInitializeEx(ptr::null_mut(), COINIT_MULTITHREADED as u32))?;
     }
-}
-
-struct ItemIdList(PIDLIST_ABSOLUTE);
 
-impl ItemIdList {
-    fn new(path: &Path) -> io::Result<Self> {
+    let item_id_list = {
         // The ILCreateFromPathW function expects a canonicalized path.
         // Unfortunately it does not support NT UNC paths (which std::path::canonicalize returns)
         // so we use the normpath crate instead.
         let path = convert_path(path.normalize()?.as_os_str())?;
         let result = unsafe { ILCreateFromPathW(path.as_ptr()) };
         if result.is_null() {
-            Err(io::Error::last_os_error())
+            return Err(io::Error::last_os_error());
         } else {
-            Ok(ItemIdList(result))
+            result
         }
+    };
+
+    unsafe {
+        // Because the cidl argument is zero, SHOpenFolderAndSelectItems opens the singular item
+        // in our item id list in its containing folder and selects it.
+        let result = to_io_result(SHOpenFolderAndSelectItems(item_id_list, 0, ptr::null(), 0));
+        ILFree(item_id_list);
+        CoUninitialize();
+
+        result
     }
 }
 
-impl Drop for ItemIdList {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        unsafe { ILFree(self.0) }
+fn to_io_result(hresult: HRESULT) -> io::Result<()> {
+    if hresult >= 0 {
+        Ok(())
+    } else {
+        // See the HRESULT_CODE macro in winerror.h
+        Err(io::Error::from_raw_os_error(hresult & 0xFFFF))
     }
 }
 
+//
+//
+//
+
+#[repr(C)]
+#[repr(packed)]
+struct ITEMIDLIST {
+    mkid: SHITEMID,
+}
+
+#[repr(C)]
+#[repr(packed)]
+struct SHITEMID {
+    cb: u16,
+    abID: [u8; 1],
+}
+
 #[link(name = "Shell32")]
 extern "C" {
-    fn ILCreateFromPathW(pszPath: PCWSTR) -> PIDLIST_ABSOLUTE;
+    fn ILCreateFromPathW(pszPath: PCWSTR) -> *mut ITEMIDLIST;
 
-    fn ILFree(pidl: PIDLIST_RELATIVE);
+    fn ILFree(pidl: *mut ITEMIDLIST);
 
     fn SHOpenFolderAndSelectItems(
-        pidlFolder: PCIDLIST_ABSOLUTE,
-        cidl: UINT,
-        apidl: PCUITEMID_CHILD_ARRAY,
-        dwFlags: DWORD,
+        pidlFolder: *const ITEMIDLIST,
+        cidl: u32,
+        apidl: *const *const ITEMIDLIST,
+        dwFlags: u32,
     ) -> HRESULT;
 }