diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 048900e28..a479f336d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,3 +30,7 @@ CMakeLists.txt.user
 
 # doxgen output
 doxygen/html/
+
+# Visual Studio Code + CMake
+.vscode/
+build/
diff --git a/windows/hid.c b/windows/hid.c
index dacfb9192..1e27f10a4 100644
--- a/windows/hid.c
+++ b/windows/hid.c
@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@
         https://github.com/libusb/hidapi .
 ********************************************************/
 
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
-/* Do not warn about wcsncpy usage.
-   https://docs.microsoft.com/cpp/c-runtime-library/security-features-in-the-crt */
-#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
-#endif
-
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
@@ -66,6 +60,16 @@ typedef LONG NTSTATUS;
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+/* MSVC secure CRT (VS2005+) provides swprintf_s/wcsncpy_s.
+   Older MSVC and GCC/MinGW/Cygwin use the classic variants. */
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1400)
+#define HIDAPI_SWPRINTF swprintf_s
+#define HIDAPI_WCSNCPY(dest, dest_count, src) wcsncpy_s((dest), (dest_count), (src), _TRUNCATE)
+#else
+#define HIDAPI_SWPRINTF swprintf
+#define HIDAPI_WCSNCPY(dest, dest_count, src) wcsncpy((dest), (src), (dest_count))
+#endif
+
 #ifdef MIN
 #undef MIN
 #endif
@@ -286,7 +290,8 @@ static void register_winapi_error_to_buffer(wchar_t **error_buffer, const WCHAR
 	if (!msg)
 		return;
 
-	int printf_written = swprintf(msg, msg_len + 1, L"%.*ls: (0x%08X) %.*ls", (int)op_len, op, error_code, (int)system_err_len, system_err_buf);
+	int printf_written = HIDAPI_SWPRINTF(msg, msg_len + 1, L"%.*ls: (0x%08X) %.*ls", (int)op_len, op, error_code, (int)system_err_len, system_err_buf);
+	msg[msg_len] = L'\0';
 
 	if (printf_written < 0)
 	{
@@ -1432,7 +1437,7 @@ int HID_API_EXPORT_CALL HID_API_CALL hid_get_manufacturer_string(hid_device *dev
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	wcsncpy(string, dev->device_info->manufacturer_string, maxlen);
+	HIDAPI_WCSNCPY(string, maxlen, dev->device_info->manufacturer_string);
 	string[maxlen - 1] = L'\0';
 
 	register_string_error(dev, NULL);
@@ -1452,7 +1457,7 @@ int HID_API_EXPORT_CALL HID_API_CALL hid_get_product_string(hid_device *dev, wch
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	wcsncpy(string, dev->device_info->product_string, maxlen);
+	HIDAPI_WCSNCPY(string, maxlen, dev->device_info->product_string);
 	string[maxlen - 1] = L'\0';
 
 	register_string_error(dev, NULL);
@@ -1472,7 +1477,7 @@ int HID_API_EXPORT_CALL HID_API_CALL hid_get_serial_number_string(hid_device *de
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	wcsncpy(string, dev->device_info->serial_number, maxlen);
+	HIDAPI_WCSNCPY(string, maxlen, dev->device_info->serial_number);
 	string[maxlen - 1] = L'\0';
 
 	register_string_error(dev, NULL);
diff --git a/windows/hidapi_descriptor_reconstruct.h b/windows/hidapi_descriptor_reconstruct.h
index 4b8ca83fb..6471204b2 100644
--- a/windows/hidapi_descriptor_reconstruct.h
+++ b/windows/hidapi_descriptor_reconstruct.h
@@ -19,12 +19,6 @@
 #ifndef HIDAPI_DESCRIPTOR_RECONSTRUCT_H__
 #define HIDAPI_DESCRIPTOR_RECONSTRUCT_H__
 
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
-/* Do not warn about wcsncpy usage.
-   https://docs.microsoft.com/cpp/c-runtime-library/security-features-in-the-crt */
-#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
-#endif
-
 #include "hidapi_winapi.h"
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
diff --git a/windows/test/hid_report_reconstructor_test.c b/windows/test/hid_report_reconstructor_test.c
index a7adeb54d..65e6d0088 100644
--- a/windows/test/hid_report_reconstructor_test.c
+++ b/windows/test/hid_report_reconstructor_test.c
@@ -9,13 +9,40 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1400)
+#define HIDAPI_SSCANF sscanf_s
+#define HIDAPI_FSCANF fscanf_s
+#define HIDAPI_SCANSET_SIZE(buf) , (unsigned)_countof(buf)
+#else
+#define HIDAPI_SSCANF sscanf
+#define HIDAPI_FSCANF fscanf
+#define HIDAPI_SCANSET_SIZE(buf)
+#endif
+
+#define sscanf HIDAPI_SSCANF
+
+static const char* hidapi_strerror_compat(int errnum, char* buf, size_t buf_size)
+{
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1400)
+	if (strerror_s(buf, buf_size, errnum) == 0) {
+		return buf;
+	}
+	return "Unknown error";
+#else
+	(void)buf;
+	(void)buf_size;
+	return strerror(errnum);
+#endif
+}
+
 static hidp_preparsed_data * alloc_preparsed_data_from_file(char* filename)
 {
 	FILE* file;
 	errno_t err = fopen_s(&file, filename, "r");
 
 	if (err != 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Couldn't open file '%s' for reading: %s\n", filename, strerror(err));
+		char err_buf[128];
+		fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Couldn't open file '%s' for reading: %s\n", filename, hidapi_strerror_compat((int)err, err_buf, sizeof(err_buf)));
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -49,8 +76,8 @@ static hidp_preparsed_data * alloc_preparsed_data_from_file(char* filename)
 			if (sscanf(line, "dev->product_id          = 0x%04hX\n", &product_id)) continue;
 			if (sscanf(line, "dev->usage_page          = 0x%04hX\n", &usage_page)) continue;
 			if (sscanf(line, "dev->usage               = 0x%04hX\n", &usage)) continue;
-			if (sscanf(line, "dev->manufacturer_string = \"%127[^\"\n]", manufacturer_string)) continue;
-			if (sscanf(line, "dev->product_string      = \"%127[^\"\n]", product_string)) continue;
+			if (sscanf(line, "dev->manufacturer_string = \"%127[^\"\n]", manufacturer_string HIDAPI_SCANSET_SIZE(manufacturer_string))) continue;
+			if (sscanf(line, "dev->product_string      = \"%127[^\"\n]", product_string HIDAPI_SCANSET_SIZE(product_string))) continue;
 			if (sscanf(line, "dev->release_number      = 0x%04hX\n", &release_number)) continue;
 			if (sscanf(line, "dev->interface_number    = %d\n", &interface_number)) continue;
 			// if (sscanf(line, "dev->path                = \"%127[^\"]\n", path)) continue;
@@ -456,14 +483,15 @@ static BOOLEAN read_hex_data_from_text_file(const char *filename, unsigned char
 	FILE* file = NULL;
 	errno_t err = fopen_s(&file, filename, "r");
 	if (err != 0) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Couldn't open file '%s' for reading: %s\n", filename, strerror(err));
+		char err_buf[128];
+		fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Couldn't open file '%s' for reading: %s\n", filename, hidapi_strerror_compat((int)err, err_buf, sizeof(err_buf)));
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 
 	BOOLEAN result = TRUE;
 	unsigned int val;
 	char buf[16];
-	while (fscanf(file, "%15s", buf) == 1) {
+	while (HIDAPI_FSCANF(file, "%15s", buf HIDAPI_SCANSET_SIZE(buf)) == 1) {
 		if (sscanf(buf, "0x%X", &val) != 1) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "Invalid HEX text ('%s') file, got %s\n", filename, buf);
 			result = FALSE;