diff --git a/src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithLib/IPC.cpp b/src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithLib/IPC.cpp
index c99a3c353a72..c9c9f1e05079 100644
--- a/src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithLib/IPC.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithLib/IPC.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,12 @@ namespace ipc
 
         try
         {
-            m_stream = std::ofstream(path);
+            m_stream = std::ofstream(path, std::ios::binary);
+            if (!m_stream.is_open())
+            {
+                return E_FAIL;
+            }
+
             return S_OK;
         }
         catch (...)
diff --git a/src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithLibInterop/NativeMethods.cpp b/src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithLibInterop/NativeMethods.cpp
index 55875626e88c..331e66ff086e 100644
--- a/src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithLibInterop/NativeMethods.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/FileLocksmith/FileLocksmithLibInterop/NativeMethods.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ namespace winrt::PowerToys::FileLocksmithLib::Interop::implementation
 
     com_array<hstring> NativeMethods::ReadPathsFromFile()
     {
-        std::ifstream stream(paths_file());
+        std::ifstream stream(paths_file(), std::ios::binary);
 
         std::vector<std::wstring> result_cpp;
         std::wstring line;
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ namespace winrt::PowerToys::FileLocksmithLib::Interop::implementation
  
     bool NativeMethods::StartAsElevated(array_view<hstring const> paths)
     {
-        std::ofstream stream(paths_file());
+        std::ofstream stream(paths_file(), std::ios::binary);
         const WCHAR newline = L'\n';
 
         for (uint32_t i = 0; i < paths.size(); i++)