diff --git a/include/WinStd/Common.h b/include/WinStd/Common.h
index 7eca909d..ec012f77 100644
--- a/include/WinStd/Common.h
+++ b/include/WinStd/Common.h
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ inline int vsprintf(_Out_ std::basic_string<_Elem, _Traits, _Ax> &str, _In_z_ _P
     } else {
         for (size_t capacity = 2*WINSTD_STACK_BUFFER_BYTES/sizeof(_Elem);; capacity *= 2) {
             // Allocate on heap and retry.
-            auto buf = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[capacity]);
+            std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> buf(new _Elem[capacity]);
             count = vsnprintf(buf.get(), capacity - 1, format, arg);
             if (count >= 0) {
                 str.assign(buf.get(), count);
diff --git a/include/WinStd/Cred.h b/include/WinStd/Cred.h
index 4c2f1719..18326d7d 100644
--- a/include/WinStd/Cred.h
+++ b/include/WinStd/Cred.h
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ inline BOOL CredProtectA(_In_ BOOL fAsSelf, _In_ LPCSTR pszCredentials, _In_ DWO
         return TRUE;
     } else if (GetLastError() == ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER) {
         // Allocate on heap and retry.
-        auto buf = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[dwSize]);
+        std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> buf(new _Elem[dwSize]);
         if (CredProtectA(fAsSelf, const_cast<LPSTR>(pszCredentials), cchCredentials, buf.get(), &dwSize, ProtectionType)) {
             sProtectedCredentials.assign(buf.get(), dwSize - 1);
             return TRUE;
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ inline BOOL CredProtectW(_In_ BOOL fAsSelf, _In_ LPCWSTR pszCredentials, _In_ DW
         return TRUE;
     } else if (GetLastError() == ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER) {
         // Allocate on heap and retry.
-        auto buf = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[dwSize]);
+        std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> buf(new _Elem[dwSize]);
         if (CredProtectW(fAsSelf, const_cast<LPWSTR>(pszCredentials), cchCredentials, buf.get(), &dwSize, ProtectionType)) {
             sProtectedCredentials.assign(buf.get(), dwSize - 1);
             return TRUE;
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ inline BOOL CredUnprotectA(_In_ BOOL fAsSelf, _In_ LPCSTR pszProtectedCredential
         return TRUE;
     } else if (GetLastError() == ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER) {
         // Allocate on heap and retry.
-        auto buf = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[dwSize]);
+        std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> buf(new _Elem[dwSize]);
         if (CredUnprotectA(fAsSelf, const_cast<LPSTR>(pszProtectedCredentials), cchCredentials, buf.get(), &dwSize)) {
             sCredentials.assign(buf.get(), dwSize);
             return TRUE;
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ inline BOOL CredUnprotectW(_In_ BOOL fAsSelf, _In_ LPCWSTR pszProtectedCredentia
         return TRUE;
     } else if (GetLastError() == ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER) {
         // Allocate on heap and retry.
-        auto buf = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[dwSize]);
+        std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> buf(new _Elem[dwSize]);
         if (CredUnprotectW(fAsSelf, const_cast<LPWSTR>(pszProtectedCredentials), cchCredentials, buf.get(), &dwSize)) {
             sCredentials.assign(buf.get(), dwSize);
             return TRUE;
diff --git a/include/WinStd/Crypt.h b/include/WinStd/Crypt.h
index 93135e41..588917d9 100644
--- a/include/WinStd/Crypt.h
+++ b/include/WinStd/Crypt.h
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ inline DWORD CertGetNameStringA(_In_ PCCERT_CONTEXT pCertContext, _In_ DWORD dwT
     DWORD dwSize = ::CertGetNameStringA(pCertContext, dwType, dwFlags, pvTypePara, NULL, 0);
 
     // Allocate buffer on heap to format the string data into and read it.
-    auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[dwSize]);
+    std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> szBuffer(new _Elem[dwSize]);
     dwSize = ::CertGetNameStringA(pCertContext, dwType, dwFlags, pvTypePara, szBuffer.get(), dwSize);
     sNameString.assign(szBuffer.get(), dwSize - 1);
     return dwSize;
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ inline DWORD CertGetNameStringW(_In_ PCCERT_CONTEXT pCertContext, _In_ DWORD dwT
     DWORD dwSize = ::CertGetNameStringW(pCertContext, dwType, dwFlags, pvTypePara, NULL, 0);
 
     // Allocate buffer on heap to format the string data into and read it.
-    auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[dwSize]);
+    std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> szBuffer(new _Elem[dwSize]);
     dwSize = ::CertGetNameStringW(pCertContext, dwType, dwFlags, pvTypePara, szBuffer.get(), dwSize);
     sNameString.assign(szBuffer.get(), dwSize - 1);
     return dwSize;
diff --git a/include/WinStd/MSI.h b/include/WinStd/MSI.h
index 19a2d9cb..a826e231 100644
--- a/include/WinStd/MSI.h
+++ b/include/WinStd/MSI.h
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ inline UINT MsiGetPropertyA(_In_ MSIHANDLE hInstall, _In_ LPCSTR szName, _Out_ s
         return ERROR_SUCCESS;
     } else if (uiResult == ERROR_MORE_DATA) {
         // Allocate buffer on heap to read the string data into and read it.
-        auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[++dwSize]);
+        std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> szBuffer(new _Elem[++dwSize]);
         uiResult = ::MsiGetPropertyA(hInstall, szName, szBuffer.get(), &dwSize);
         sValue.assign(szBuffer.get(), uiResult == ERROR_SUCCESS ? dwSize : 0);
         return uiResult;
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ inline UINT MsiGetPropertyW(_In_ MSIHANDLE hInstall, _In_ LPCWSTR szName, _Out_
         return ERROR_SUCCESS;
     } else if (uiResult == ERROR_MORE_DATA) {
         // Allocate buffer on heap to read the string data into and read it.
-        auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[++dwSize]);
+        std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> szBuffer(new _Elem[++dwSize]);
         uiResult = ::MsiGetPropertyW(hInstall, szName, szBuffer.get(), &dwSize);
         sValue.assign(szBuffer.get(), uiResult == ERROR_SUCCESS ? dwSize : 0);
         return uiResult;
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ inline UINT MsiRecordGetStringA(_In_ MSIHANDLE hRecord, _In_ unsigned int iField
         return ERROR_SUCCESS;
     } else if (uiResult == ERROR_MORE_DATA) {
         // Allocate buffer on heap to read the string data into and read it.
-        auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[++dwSize]);
+        std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> szBuffer(new _Elem[++dwSize]);
         uiResult = ::MsiRecordGetStringA(hRecord, iField, szBuffer.get(), &dwSize);
         sValue.assign(szBuffer.get(), uiResult == ERROR_SUCCESS ? dwSize : 0);
         return uiResult;
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ inline UINT MsiRecordGetStringW(_In_ MSIHANDLE hRecord, _In_ unsigned int iField
         return ERROR_SUCCESS;
     } else if (uiResult == ERROR_MORE_DATA) {
         // Allocate buffer on heap to read the string data into and read it.
-        auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[++dwSize]);
+        std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> szBuffer(new _Elem[++dwSize]);
         uiResult = ::MsiRecordGetStringW(hRecord, iField, szBuffer.get(), &dwSize);
         sValue.assign(szBuffer.get(), uiResult == ERROR_SUCCESS ? dwSize : 0);
         return uiResult;
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ inline UINT MsiFormatRecordA(MSIHANDLE hInstall, MSIHANDLE hRecord, std::basic_s
         return ERROR_SUCCESS;
     } else if (uiResult == ERROR_MORE_DATA) {
         // Allocate buffer on heap to format the string data into and read it.
-        auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[++dwSize]);
+        std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> szBuffer(new _Elem[++dwSize]);
         uiResult = ::MsiFormatRecordA(hInstall, hRecord, szBuffer.get(), &dwSize);
         sValue.assign(szBuffer.get(), uiResult == ERROR_SUCCESS ? dwSize : 0);
         return uiResult;
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ inline UINT MsiFormatRecordW(MSIHANDLE hInstall, MSIHANDLE hRecord, std::basic_s
         return ERROR_SUCCESS;
     } else if (uiResult == ERROR_MORE_DATA) {
         // Allocate buffer on heap to format the string data into and read it.
-        auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[++dwSize]);
+        std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> szBuffer(new _Elem[++dwSize]);
         uiResult = ::MsiFormatRecordW(hInstall, hRecord, szBuffer.get(), &dwSize);
         sValue.assign(szBuffer.get(), uiResult == ERROR_SUCCESS ? dwSize : 0);
         return uiResult;
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ inline UINT MsiGetTargetPathA(_In_ MSIHANDLE hInstall, _In_ LPCSTR szFolder, _Ou
         return ERROR_SUCCESS;
     } else if (uiResult == ERROR_MORE_DATA) {
         // Allocate buffer on heap to format the string data into and read it.
-        auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[++dwSize]);
+        std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> szBuffer(new _Elem[++dwSize]);
         uiResult = ::MsiGetTargetPathA(hInstall, szFolder, szBuffer.get(), &dwSize);
         sValue.assign(szBuffer.get(), uiResult == ERROR_SUCCESS ? dwSize : 0);
         return uiResult;
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ inline UINT MsiGetTargetPathW(_In_ MSIHANDLE hInstall, _In_ LPCWSTR szFolder, _O
         return ERROR_SUCCESS;
     } else if (uiResult == ERROR_MORE_DATA) {
         // Allocate buffer on heap to format the string data into and read it.
-        auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[++dwSize]);
+        std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> szBuffer(new _Elem[++dwSize]);
         uiResult = ::MsiGetTargetPathW(hInstall, szFolder, szBuffer.get(), &dwSize);
         sValue.assign(szBuffer.get(), uiResult == ERROR_SUCCESS ? dwSize : 0);
         return uiResult;
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ inline INSTALLSTATE MsiGetComponentPathA(_In_ LPCSTR szProduct, _In_ LPCSTR szCo
         return state;
     } else if (state == INSTALLSTATE_MOREDATA) {
         // Allocate buffer on heap to format the string data into and read it.
-        auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[++dwSize]);
+        std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> szBuffer(new _Elem[++dwSize]);
         state = ::MsiGetComponentPathA(szProduct, szComponent, szBuffer.get(), &dwSize);
         sValue.assign(szBuffer.get(), state >= INSTALLSTATE_BROKEN ? dwSize : 0);
         return state;
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ inline INSTALLSTATE MsiGetComponentPathW(_In_ LPCWSTR szProduct, _In_ LPCWSTR sz
         return state;
     } else if (state == INSTALLSTATE_MOREDATA) {
         // Allocate buffer on heap to format the string data into and read it.
-        auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[++dwSize]);
+        std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> szBuffer(new _Elem[++dwSize]);
         state = ::MsiGetComponentPathW(szProduct, szComponent, szBuffer.get(), &dwSize);
         sValue.assign(szBuffer.get(), state >= INSTALLSTATE_BROKEN ? dwSize : 0);
         return state;
diff --git a/include/WinStd/Sec.h b/include/WinStd/Sec.h
index f1077c7d..39e11a53 100644
--- a/include/WinStd/Sec.h
+++ b/include/WinStd/Sec.h
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ BOOLEAN GetUserNameExA(_In_ EXTENDED_NAME_FORMAT NameFormat, _Out_ std::basic_st
     } else {
         if (::GetLastError() == ERROR_MORE_DATA) {
             // Allocate buffer on heap and retry.
-            auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[ulSize]);
+            std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> szBuffer(new _Elem[ulSize]);
             if (::GetUserNameExA(NameFormat, szBuffer.get(), &ulSize)) {
                 sName.assign(szBuffer.get(), ulSize);
                 return TRUE;
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ BOOLEAN GetUserNameExW(_In_ EXTENDED_NAME_FORMAT NameFormat, _Out_ std::basic_st
     } else {
         if (::GetLastError() == ERROR_MORE_DATA) {
             // Allocate buffer on heap and retry.
-            auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[ulSize]);
+            std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> szBuffer(new _Elem[ulSize]);
             if (::GetUserNameExW(NameFormat, szBuffer.get(), &ulSize)) {
                 sName.assign(szBuffer.get(), ulSize);
                 return TRUE;
diff --git a/include/WinStd/WLAN.h b/include/WinStd/WLAN.h
index 92947336..e7a62061 100644
--- a/include/WinStd/WLAN.h
+++ b/include/WinStd/WLAN.h
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ inline DWORD WlanReasonCodeToString(_In_ DWORD dwReasonCode, _Out_ std::basic_st
 
     for (;;) {
         // Increment size and allocate buffer.
-        auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[dwSize += 1024]);
+        std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> szBuffer(new _Elem[dwSize += 1024]);
 
         // Try!
         DWORD dwResult = ::pfnWlanReasonCodeToString(dwReasonCode, dwSize, szBuffer.get(), pReserved);
diff --git a/include/WinStd/Win.h b/include/WinStd/Win.h
index af29fc74..1d2f1c73 100644
--- a/include/WinStd/Win.h
+++ b/include/WinStd/Win.h
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ inline DWORD GetModuleFileNameA(_In_opt_ HMODULE hModule, _Out_ std::basic_strin
     } else {
         for (DWORD dwCapacity = 2*WINSTD_STACK_BUFFER_BYTES/sizeof(_Elem);; dwCapacity *= 2) {
             // Allocate on heap and retry.
-            auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[dwCapacity]);
+            std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> szBuffer(new _Elem[dwCapacity]);
             dwResult = ::GetModuleFileNameA(hModule, szBuffer.get(), dwCapacity);
             if (dwResult < dwCapacity) {
                 sValue.assign(szBuffer.get(), dwResult);
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ inline DWORD GetModuleFileNameW(_In_opt_ HMODULE hModule, _Out_ std::basic_strin
     } else {
         for (DWORD dwCapacity = 2*WINSTD_STACK_BUFFER_BYTES/sizeof(_Elem);; dwCapacity *= 2) {
             // Allocate on heap and retry.
-            auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[dwCapacity]);
+            std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> szBuffer(new _Elem[dwCapacity]);
             dwResult = ::GetModuleFileNameW(hModule, szBuffer.get(), dwCapacity);
             if (dwResult < dwCapacity) {
                 sValue.assign(szBuffer.get(), dwResult);
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ inline int GetWindowTextA(_In_ HWND hWnd, _Out_ std::basic_string<_Elem, _Traits
             sValue.assign(szBuffer, iResult);
         } else {
             // Allocate buffer on heap and read the string data into it.
-            auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[++iResult]);
+            std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> szBuffer(new _Elem[++iResult]);
             iResult = ::GetWindowTextA(hWnd, szBuffer.get(), iResult);
             sValue.assign(szBuffer.get(), iResult);
         }
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ inline int GetWindowTextW(_In_ HWND hWnd, _Out_ std::basic_string<_Elem, _Traits
             sValue.assign(szBuffer, iResult);
         } else {
             // Allocate buffer on heap and read the string data into it.
-            auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[++iResult]);
+            std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> szBuffer(new _Elem[++iResult]);
             iResult = ::GetWindowTextW(hWnd, szBuffer.get(), iResult);
             sValue.assign(szBuffer.get(), iResult);
         }
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ inline DWORD ExpandEnvironmentStringsW(_In_ LPCSTR lpSrc, std::basic_string<_Ele
 
     for (DWORD dwSizeOut = (DWORD)strlen(lpSrc) + 0x100;;) {
         DWORD dwSizeIn = dwSizeOut;
-        auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[dwSizeIn + 2]); // Note: ANSI version requires one extra char.
+        std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> szBuffer(new _Elem[dwSizeIn + 2]); // Note: ANSI version requires one extra char.
         dwSizeOut = ::ExpandEnvironmentStringsA(lpSrc, szBuffer.get(), dwSizeIn);
         if (dwSizeOut == 0) {
             // Error.
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ inline DWORD ExpandEnvironmentStringsW(_In_ LPCWSTR lpSrc, std::basic_string<_El
 
     for (DWORD dwSizeOut = (DWORD)wcslen(lpSrc) + 0x100;;) {
         DWORD dwSizeIn = dwSizeOut;
-        auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[dwSizeIn + 1]);
+        std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> szBuffer(new _Elem[dwSizeIn + 1]);
         dwSizeOut = ::ExpandEnvironmentStringsW(lpSrc, szBuffer.get(), dwSizeIn);
         if (dwSizeOut == 0) {
             // Error.
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ inline LSTATUS RegQueryStringValue(_In_ HKEY hReg, _In_z_ LPCSTR pszName, _Out_
     } else if (lResult == ERROR_MORE_DATA) {
         if (dwType == REG_SZ || dwType == REG_MULTI_SZ) {
             // The value is REG_SZ or REG_MULTI_SZ. Read it now.
-            auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<CHAR[]>(new CHAR[dwSize / sizeof(CHAR)]);
+            std::unique_ptr<CHAR[]> szBuffer(new CHAR[dwSize / sizeof(CHAR)]);
             if ((lResult = ::RegQueryValueExA(hReg, pszName, NULL, NULL, reinterpret_cast<LPBYTE>(szBuffer.get()), &dwSize)) == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
                 dwSize /= sizeof(CHAR);
                 sValue.assign(szBuffer.get(), dwSize && szBuffer[dwSize - 1] == 0 ? dwSize - 1 : dwSize);
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ inline LSTATUS RegQueryStringValue(_In_ HKEY hReg, _In_z_ LPCSTR pszName, _Out_
                 sValue.clear();
         } else if (dwType == REG_EXPAND_SZ) {
             // The value is REG_EXPAND_SZ. Read it and expand environment variables.
-            auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<CHAR[]>(new CHAR[dwSize / sizeof(CHAR)]);
+            std::unique_ptr<CHAR[]> szBuffer(new CHAR[dwSize / sizeof(CHAR)]);
             if ((lResult = ::RegQueryValueExA(hReg, pszName, NULL, NULL, reinterpret_cast<LPBYTE>(szBuffer.get()), &dwSize)) == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
                 if (::ExpandEnvironmentStringsA(szBuffer.get(), sValue) == 0)
                     lResult = ::GetLastError();
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ inline LSTATUS RegQueryStringValue(_In_ HKEY hReg, _In_z_ LPCWSTR pszName, _Out_
     } else if (lResult == ERROR_MORE_DATA) {
         if (dwType == REG_SZ || dwType == REG_MULTI_SZ) {
             // The value is REG_SZ or REG_MULTI_SZ. Read it now.
-            auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<WCHAR[]>(new WCHAR[dwSize / sizeof(WCHAR)]);
+            std::unique_ptr<WCHAR[]> szBuffer(new WCHAR[dwSize / sizeof(WCHAR)]);
             if ((lResult = ::RegQueryValueExW(hReg, pszName, NULL, NULL, reinterpret_cast<LPBYTE>(szBuffer.get()), &dwSize)) == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
                 dwSize /= sizeof(WCHAR);
                 sValue.assign(szBuffer.get(), dwSize && szBuffer[dwSize - 1] == 0 ? dwSize - 1 : dwSize);
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ inline LSTATUS RegQueryStringValue(_In_ HKEY hReg, _In_z_ LPCWSTR pszName, _Out_
                 sValue.clear();
         } else if (dwType == REG_EXPAND_SZ) {
             // The value is REG_EXPAND_SZ. Read it and expand environment variables.
-            auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<WCHAR[]>(new WCHAR[dwSize / sizeof(WCHAR)]);
+            std::unique_ptr<WCHAR[]> szBuffer(new WCHAR[dwSize / sizeof(WCHAR)]);
             if ((lResult = ::RegQueryValueExW(hReg, pszName, NULL, NULL, reinterpret_cast<LPBYTE>(szBuffer.get()), &dwSize)) == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
                 if (::ExpandEnvironmentStringsW(szBuffer.get(), sValue) == 0)
                     lResult = ::GetLastError();
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ inline LSTATUS RegLoadMUIStringA(_In_ HKEY hKey, _In_opt_ LPCSTR pszValue, _Out_
         sOut.assign(szStackBuffer, dwSize);
     } else if (lResult == ERROR_MORE_DATA) {
         // Allocate buffer on heap and retry.
-        auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[dwSize + 1]);
+        std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> szBuffer(new _Elem[dwSize + 1]);
         sOut.assign(szBuffer.get(), (lResult = RegLoadMUIStringA(hKey, pszValue, szBuffer.get(), dwSize, &dwSize, Flags, pszDirectory)) == ERROR_SUCCESS ? dwSize : 0);
     }
 
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@ inline LSTATUS RegLoadMUIStringW(_In_ HKEY hKey, _In_opt_ LPCWSTR pszValue, _Out
         sOut.assign(szStackBuffer, dwSize);
     } else if (lResult == ERROR_MORE_DATA) {
         // Allocate buffer on heap and retry.
-        auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[dwSize + 1]);
+        std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> szBuffer(new _Elem[dwSize + 1]);
         sOut.assign(szBuffer.get(), (lResult = RegLoadMUIStringW(hKey, pszValue, szBuffer.get(), dwSize, &dwSize, Flags, pszDirectory)) == ERROR_SUCCESS ? dwSize : 0);
     }
 
@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ inline int WideCharToMultiByte(_In_ UINT CodePage, _In_ DWORD dwFlags, _In_z_cou
     } else if (::GetLastError() == ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER) {
         // Query the required output size. Allocate buffer. Then convert again.
         cch = ::WideCharToMultiByte(CodePage, dwFlags, lpWideCharStr, cchWideChar, NULL, 0, lpDefaultChar, lpUsedDefaultChar);
-        auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[cch]);
+        std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> szBuffer(new _Elem[cch]);
         cch = ::WideCharToMultiByte(CodePage, dwFlags, lpWideCharStr, cchWideChar, szBuffer.get(), cch, lpDefaultChar, lpUsedDefaultChar);
         sMultiByteStr.assign(szBuffer.get(), cchWideChar != -1 ? strnlen(szBuffer.get(), cch) : cch - 1);
     }
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ inline int MultiByteToWideChar(_In_ UINT CodePage, _In_ DWORD dwFlags, _In_z_cou
     } else if (::GetLastError() == ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER) {
         // Query the required output size. Allocate buffer. Then convert again.
         cch = ::MultiByteToWideChar(CodePage, dwFlags, lpMultiByteStr, cbMultiByte, NULL, 0);
-        auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[cch]);
+        std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> szBuffer(new _Elem[cch]);
         cch = ::MultiByteToWideChar(CodePage, dwFlags, lpMultiByteStr, cbMultiByte, szBuffer.get(), cch);
         sWideCharStr.assign(szBuffer.get(), cbMultiByte != -1 ? wcsnlen(szBuffer.get(), cch) : cch - 1);
     }
@@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ template<class _Elem, class _Traits, class _Ax> inline int GetDateFormatA(_In_ L
     int iResult = GetDateFormatA(Locale, dwFlags, lpDate, lpFormat, NULL, 0);
     if (iResult) {
         // Allocate buffer on heap and retry.
-        auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[iResult]);
+        std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> szBuffer(new _Elem[iResult]);
         iResult = GetDateFormatA(Locale, dwFlags, lpDate, lpFormat, szBuffer.get(), iResult);
         sDate.assign(szBuffer.get(), iResult ? iResult - 1 : 0);
         return iResult;
@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ template<class _Elem, class _Traits, class _Ax> inline int GetDateFormatW(_In_ L
     int iResult = GetDateFormatW(Locale, dwFlags, lpDate, lpFormat, NULL, 0);
     if (iResult) {
         // Allocate buffer on heap and retry.
-        auto szBuffer = std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]>(new _Elem[iResult]);
+        std::unique_ptr<_Elem[]> szBuffer(new _Elem[iResult]);
         iResult = GetDateFormatW(Locale, dwFlags, lpDate, lpFormat, szBuffer.get(), iResult);
         sDate.assign(szBuffer.get(), iResult ? iResult - 1 : 0);
         return iResult;