diff --git a/frontend/drivers/platform_win32.c b/frontend/drivers/platform_win32.c
index d3d466a40a..64703e4dcb 100644
--- a/frontend/drivers/platform_win32.c
+++ b/frontend/drivers/platform_win32.c
@@ -143,12 +143,14 @@ static void frontend_win32_get_os(char *s, size_t len, int *major, int *minor)
    OSVERSIONINFOEX vi = {0};
    vi.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(OSVERSIONINFOEX);
 
-   server = vi.wProductType != VER_NT_WORKSTATION;
-
-   serverR2 = GetSystemMetrics(SM_SERVERR2);
-
    GetSystemInfo(&si);
 
+   /* Available from NT 3.5 and Win95 */
+   GetVersionEx((OSVERSIONINFO*)&vi);
+
+   server = vi.wProductType != VER_NT_WORKSTATION;
+   serverR2 = GetSystemMetrics(SM_SERVERR2);
+
    switch (si.wProcessorArchitecture)
    {
       case PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64:
@@ -166,10 +168,11 @@ static void frontend_win32_get_os(char *s, size_t len, int *major, int *minor)
 #else
    OSVERSIONINFO vi = {0};
    vi.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(OSVERSIONINFO);
-#endif
 
    /* Available from NT 3.5 and Win95 */
-   GetVersionEx((OSVERSIONINFO*)&vi);
+   GetVersionEx(&vi);
+#endif
+
 
    if (major)
       *major = vi.dwMajorVersion;
diff --git a/menu/menu_displaylist.c b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
index a7da756206..8a60cf2735 100644
--- a/menu/menu_displaylist.c
+++ b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ static int menu_displaylist_parse_system_info(menu_displaylist_info_t *info)
             strlcpy(cpu_arch_str, "x86", sizeof(cpu_arch_str));
             break;
          case FRONTEND_ARCH_X86_64:
-            strlcpy(cpu_arch_str, "x86-64", sizeof(cpu_arch_str));
+            strlcpy(cpu_arch_str, "x64", sizeof(cpu_arch_str));
             break;
          case FRONTEND_ARCH_PPC:
             strlcpy(cpu_arch_str, "PPC", sizeof(cpu_arch_str));
diff --git a/tasks/task_autodetect.c b/tasks/task_autodetect.c
index be8e9ee4ed..f29dd82e7f 100644
--- a/tasks/task_autodetect.c
+++ b/tasks/task_autodetect.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ const GUID GUID_NULL = {0, 0, 0, {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}};
 #include "../file_path_special.h"
 #include "../list_special.h"
 #include "../verbosity.h"
+#include "../retroarch.h"
 
 #include "tasks_internal.h"
 
@@ -591,8 +592,27 @@ found:
 
    if (hDeviceHandle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
    {
-      RARCH_ERR("[Autoconf]: Can't open device: %d.", GetLastError());
-      goto done;
+      /* Windows sometimes erroneously fails to open with a sharing violation:
+       * https://github.com/signal11/hidapi/issues/231
+       * If this happens, trying again with read + write usually works for some reason.
+       */
+
+      /* Open the device */
+      hDeviceHandle = CreateFileA(
+         devicePath,
+         GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE,
+         FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
+         NULL,
+         OPEN_EXISTING,
+         0,  /*FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED,*/
+         NULL);
+
+      if (hDeviceHandle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+      {
+         RARCH_ERR("[Autoconf]: Can't open device for reading and writing: %d.", GetLastError());
+         runloop_msg_queue_push("Bliss-Box already in use. Please make sure other programs are not using it.", 2, 300, false);
+         goto done;
+      }
    }
 
 done: