diff --git a/source/3_image.cpp b/source/3_image.cpp
index ad2e043..9af778c 100644
--- a/source/3_image.cpp
+++ b/source/3_image.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 
 #include "ui_win.hpp"
-#include <windowsx.h>
+//#include <windowsx.h>
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // ----- UIW_IMAGE ----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ int UIW_IMAGE::LoadImageFromFile(void)
 	// Load the bitmap.
 	ZIL_UINT32 dibSize = bitmapFileHeader.bfSize - sizeof(BITMAPFILEHEADER);
 	ZIL_UINT32 tdibSize = dibSize;
-	ZIL_UINT8 *dib = (ZIL_UINT8 *)GlobalAllocPtr(GMEM_MOVEABLE, dibSize);
+	ZIL_UINT8 *dib = (ZIL_UINT8 *)GlobalLock(GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE, dibSize));
 	ZIL_UINT8 *tdib = dib;
 	for ( ; dibSize; dibSize -= tdibSize, tdib += tdibSize)
 	{
@@ -222,7 +222,9 @@ int UIW_IMAGE::LoadImageFromFile(void)
 	ReleaseDC(NULL, hDC);
 
 	// Clean up.
-	GlobalFreePtr(dib);
+    GlobalUnlock( (HGLOBAL)GlobalHandle( dib ) );
+    GlobalFree( (HGLOBAL)GlobalHandle( dib ) );
+	
    	delete bitmapInfo;
 	woStatus &= ~WOS_READ_ERROR;
 	return (image ? TRUE : FALSE);
diff --git a/source/9_image.cpp b/source/9_image.cpp
index f360e30..732a7cf 100644
--- a/source/9_image.cpp
+++ b/source/9_image.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 
 #include "ui_win.hpp"
-#include <windowsx.h>
+//#include <windowsx.h>
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // ----- UIW_IMAGE ----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ int UIW_IMAGE::LoadImageFromFile(void)
 	// Load the bitmap.
 	ZIL_UINT32 dibSize = bitmapFileHeader.bfSize - sizeof(BITMAPFILEHEADER);
 	ZIL_UINT32 tdibSize = dibSize;
-	ZIL_UINT8 *dib = (ZIL_UINT8 *)GlobalAllocPtr(GMEM_MOVEABLE, dibSize);
+	ZIL_UINT8 *dib = (ZIL_UINT8 *)GlobalLock(GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE, dibSize));
 	ZIL_UINT8 *tdib = dib;
 	for ( ; dibSize; dibSize -= tdibSize, tdib += tdibSize)
 	{
@@ -221,7 +221,9 @@ int UIW_IMAGE::LoadImageFromFile(void)
 	ReleaseDC(NULL, hDC);
 
 	// Clean up.
-	GlobalFreePtr(dib);
+    GlobalUnlock( (HGLOBAL)GlobalHandle( dib ) );
+    GlobalFree( (HGLOBAL)GlobalHandle( dib ) );
+
    	delete bitmapInfo;
 	woStatus &= ~WOS_READ_ERROR;
 	return (image ? TRUE : FALSE);
diff --git a/source/w_image.cpp b/source/w_image.cpp
index a94909d..145f1c4 100644
--- a/source/w_image.cpp
+++ b/source/w_image.cpp
@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@
 //      Zinc Software Incorporated.  Pleasant Grove, Utah  USA
 
 #include "ui_win.hpp"
-#include <windowsx.h>
-
-#if defined(__WATCOMC__)
-    #undef  GlobalFreePtr
-    #define     GlobalFreePtr(lp) (GlobalUnlockPtr(lp), (BOOL)GlobalFree(GlobalPtrHandle(lp)))
-#endif
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // ----- UIW_IMAGE ----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -195,7 +189,7 @@ int UIW_IMAGE::LoadImageFromFile(void)
         // Load the bitmap.
         ZIL_UINT32 dibSize = bitmapFileHeader.bfSize - sizeof(BITMAPFILEHEADER);
         ZIL_UINT32 tdibSize = dibSize;
-        ZIL_UINT8 huge *dib = (ZIL_UINT8 huge *)GlobalAllocPtr(GMEM_MOVEABLE, dibSize);
+        ZIL_UINT8 huge *dib = (ZIL_UINT8 huge *)GlobalLock(GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE, dibSize));
         ZIL_UINT8 huge *tdib = dib;
         for ( ; dibSize; dibSize -= tdibSize, tdib += tdibSize)
         {