diff --git a/GUI/host/host.cpp b/GUI/host/host.cpp
index 9c5f875..e0e1f9a 100644
--- a/GUI/host/host.cpp
+++ b/GUI/host/host.cpp
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ namespace
 			static_assert(sizeof(data) < PIPE_BUFFER_SIZE);
 			std::thread([=]
 			{
-				DWORD DUMMY;
-				WriteFile(pipe, &data, sizeof(data), &DUMMY, nullptr);
+				WriteFile(pipe, &data, sizeof(data), DUMMY, nullptr);
 			}).detach();
 		}
 
diff --git a/GUI/mainwindow.cpp b/GUI/mainwindow.cpp
index d5509aa..1d96bc6 100644
--- a/GUI/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/GUI/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -92,9 +92,8 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
 	current = &Host::GetThread(Host::console);
 	Host::AddConsoleOutput(ABOUT);
 
-	DWORD DUMMY;
 	AttachConsole(ATTACH_PARENT_PROCESS);
-	WriteConsoleW(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), CL_OPTIONS, wcslen(CL_OPTIONS), &DUMMY, NULL);
+	WriteConsoleW(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), CL_OPTIONS, wcslen(CL_OPTIONS), DUMMY, NULL);
 	std::vector<DWORD> processIds = Util::GetAllProcessIds();
 	std::vector<std::wstring> processNames;
 	for (auto processId : processIds) processNames.emplace_back(Util::GetModuleFilename(processId).value_or(L""));
@@ -116,10 +115,9 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
 				if (InternetHandle request = WinHttpOpenRequest(connection, L"GET", L"/repos/Artikash/Textractor/releases", NULL, NULL, NULL, WINHTTP_FLAG_SECURE))
 					if (WinHttpSendRequest(request, NULL, 0, NULL, 0, 0, NULL))
 					{
-						DWORD bytesRead;
-						char buffer[2000] = {};
+						char buffer[1000] = {};
 						WinHttpReceiveResponse(request, NULL);
-						WinHttpReadData(request, buffer, 1000, &bytesRead);
+						WinHttpReadData(request, buffer, 1000, DUMMY);
 						if (abs(strstr(buffer, "/tag/") - strstr(buffer, VERSION)) > 10) MESSAGE(UPDATE_AVAILABLE);
 					}
 	}).detach();
diff --git a/extensions/replacer.cpp b/extensions/replacer.cpp
index c2684ab..6ea53d3 100644
--- a/extensions/replacer.cpp
+++ b/extensions/replacer.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include "extension.h"
 #include <cwctype>
 #include <fstream>
-#include <atomic>
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <process.h>
 
diff --git a/extensions/util.h b/extensions/util.h
index fe9ced7..c362d71 100644
--- a/extensions/util.h
+++ b/extensions/util.h
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@ class RateLimiter
 {
 public:
 	RateLimiter(int requests, int delay) : requestsLeft(requests), delay(delay) {}
-	bool Request() { CreateTimerQueueTimer(&DUMMY, timerQueue, [](void* This, BOOLEAN) { ((RateLimiter*)This)->requestsLeft += 1; }, this, delay, 0, 0); return --requestsLeft > 0; }
+	bool Request() { CreateTimerQueueTimer(DUMMY, timerQueue, [](void* This, BOOLEAN) { ((RateLimiter*)This)->requestsLeft += 1; }, this, delay, 0, 0); return --requestsLeft > 0; }
 	int delay;
 
 private:
-	inline static HANDLE DUMMY;
 	std::atomic<int> requestsLeft;
 	AutoHandle<Functor<DeleteTimerQueue>> timerQueue = CreateTimerQueue();
 };
diff --git a/include/common.h b/include/common.h
index 3d497c4..bd5572f 100644
--- a/include/common.h
+++ b/include/common.h
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ private:
 	std::unique_ptr<void, HandleCleaner> h;
 };
 
+inline struct
+{
+	BYTE DUMMY[100];
+	template <typename T> 
+	operator T*() { static_assert(sizeof(T) < sizeof(DUMMY)); return (T*)DUMMY; }
+} DUMMY;
+
 #pragma warning(push)
 #pragma warning(disable: 4996)
 template <typename... Args>
diff --git a/texthook/hookfinder.cc b/texthook/hookfinder.cc
index 6bff29a..833846b 100644
--- a/texthook/hookfinder.cc
+++ b/texthook/hookfinder.cc
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ namespace
 	uint64_t addressCharCache[CACHE_SIZE] = {};
 	long sumCache[CACHE_SIZE] = {};
 
-	DWORD DUMMY;
 #ifndef _WIN64
 	BYTE trampoline[32] =
 	{
@@ -171,7 +170,7 @@ void SearchForHooks(SearchParam sp)
 		}), addresses.end());
 		*(void**)(trampoline + send_offset) = Send;
 		auto trampolines = (decltype(trampoline)*)VirtualAlloc(NULL, sizeof(trampoline) * addresses.size(), MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_READWRITE);
-		VirtualProtect(trampolines, addresses.size() * sizeof(trampoline), PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE, &DUMMY);
+		VirtualProtect(trampolines, addresses.size() * sizeof(trampoline), PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE, DUMMY);
 		for (int i = 0; i < addresses.size(); ++i)
 		{
 			void* original;
diff --git a/texthook/main.cc b/texthook/main.cc
index 3718697..7f5c921 100644
--- a/texthook/main.cc
+++ b/texthook/main.cc
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ namespace
 	TextHook (*hooks)[MAX_HOOK];
 	bool running;
 	int currentHook = 0;
-	DWORD DUMMY;
 }
 
 DWORD WINAPI Pipe(LPVOID)
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ void TextOutput(ThreadParam tp, BYTE* text, int len)
 	BYTE buffer[PIPE_BUFFER_SIZE] = {};
 	*(ThreadParam*)buffer = tp;
 	memcpy(buffer + sizeof(tp), text, len);
-	WriteFile(hookPipe, buffer, sizeof(tp) + len, &DUMMY, nullptr);
+	WriteFile(hookPipe, buffer, sizeof(tp) + len, DUMMY, nullptr);
 }
 
 void ConsoleOutput(LPCSTR text, ...)
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ void ConsoleOutput(LPCSTR text, ...)
 	va_list args;
 	va_start(args, text);
 	vsnprintf(buffer.message, MESSAGE_SIZE, text, args);
-	WriteFile(hookPipe, &buffer, sizeof(buffer), &DUMMY, nullptr);
+	WriteFile(hookPipe, &buffer, sizeof(buffer), DUMMY, nullptr);
 }
 
 void NotifyHookFound(uint64_t addr, int offset, wchar_t* text)
@@ -110,14 +109,14 @@ void NotifyHookFound(uint64_t addr, int offset, wchar_t* text)
 	hp.type = USING_UNICODE | USING_STRING;
 	hp.address = addr;
 	HookFoundNotif buffer(hp, text);
-	WriteFile(hookPipe, &buffer, sizeof(buffer), &DUMMY, nullptr);
+	WriteFile(hookPipe, &buffer, sizeof(buffer), DUMMY, nullptr);
 }
 
 void NotifyHookRemove(uint64_t addr, LPCSTR name)
 {
 	if (name) ConsoleOutput(REMOVING_HOOK, name);
 	HookRemovedNotif buffer(addr);
-	WriteFile(hookPipe, &buffer, sizeof(buffer), &DUMMY, nullptr);
+	WriteFile(hookPipe, &buffer, sizeof(buffer), DUMMY, nullptr);
 }
 
 BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE hModule, DWORD fdwReason, LPVOID)