diff --git a/win32/win32.cpp b/win32/win32.cpp
index 2db43056..bcdc5c5e 100644
--- a/win32/win32.cpp
+++ b/win32/win32.cpp
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ const char *S9xGetFilenameInc (const char *e, enum s9x_getdirtype dirtype)
     do {
         _snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "%s\\%s%03d%s", d, fname, i, e);
         i++;
-    } while(_access (filename, 0) == 0 && i!=0);
+    } while(_taccess (_tFromChar(filename), 0) == 0 && i!=0);
 
     return (filename);
 }
diff --git a/win32/wsnes9x.cpp b/win32/wsnes9x.cpp
index ed34ef47..be1acce7 100644
--- a/win32/wsnes9x.cpp
+++ b/win32/wsnes9x.cpp
@@ -3511,7 +3511,7 @@ void FreezeUnfreeze (int slot, bool8 freeze)
 	{
 		for(int zmv = 0; zmv <= 1; zmv++)
 		{
-		    if((!oldDir && !zmv) || (!freeze && _access (filename, 0) != 0 && slot < 10))
+		    if((!oldDir && !zmv) || (!freeze && _taccess (_tFromChar(filename), 0) != 0 && slot < 10))
 			{
 				if(!zmv)
 					sprintf (ext, ".%03d", slot);