diff --git a/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/common/platform_common.cpp b/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/common/platform_common.cpp
index f28211ae6..eb0a29afb 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/common/platform_common.cpp
+++ b/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/common/platform_common.cpp
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ void createDirectoryPaths(string Path)
    {
      //if (':' != *(path-1))
      {
-#ifdef _mkdir
+#if defined(_mkdir) || defined(WIN32)
     	_mkdir(DirName);
 #elif defined(mkdir)
         mkdir(DirName, S_IRWXO);
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ void createDirectoryPaths(string Path)
    *dirName++ = *path++;
    *dirName = '\0';
  }
-#ifdef _mkdir
+#if defined(_mkdir) || defined(WIN32)
  _mkdir(DirName);
 #elif defined(mkdir)
  mkdir(DirName, S_IRWXO);
diff --git a/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/posix/socket.cpp b/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/posix/socket.cpp
index 62489ecc5..d91025586 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/posix/socket.cpp
+++ b/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/posix/socket.cpp
@@ -1761,12 +1761,11 @@ float Socket::getAveragePingMS(std::string host, int pingCount) {
 	sprintf(szCmd,"ping -c %d %s",pingCount,host.c_str());
 #endif
 	if(szCmd[0] != '\0') {
-#ifdef _popen
-		FILE *ping= _popen(szCmd, "r");
-#elif defined popen
-		FILE *ping= popen(szCmd, "r");
-#else
-		FILE *ping=NULL;
+		FILE *ping= NULL;
+#if defined(_popen) || defined(WIN32)
+		ping= _popen(szCmd, "r");
+#elif defined(popen)
+		ping= popen(szCmd, "r");
 #endif
 		if (ping != NULL){
 			char buf[4000]="";
@@ -1775,9 +1774,9 @@ float Socket::getAveragePingMS(std::string host, int pingCount) {
 				char *data = fgets(&buf[bufferPos], 256, ping);
 				bufferPos = strlen(buf);
 			}
-#ifdef _pclose
+#if defined(_pclose) || defined(WIN32)
 			_pclose(ping);
-#elif defined popen
+#elif defined(pclose)
 			pclose(ping);
 #endif