diff --git a/MagickCore/nt-base-private.h b/MagickCore/nt-base-private.h
index 3e0fe1dd12..d00b6727ee 100644
--- a/MagickCore/nt-base-private.h
+++ b/MagickCore/nt-base-private.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #  define getpid  _getpid
 #  define lseek   _lseeki64
 #  define fstat   _fstat64
+#  define sscanf  sscanf_s
 #  define setmode _setmode
 #  define stat    _stat64
 #  define tell    _telli64
diff --git a/MagickCore/nt-base.c b/MagickCore/nt-base.c
index 3440bf8888..c28a02bf31 100644
--- a/MagickCore/nt-base.c
+++ b/MagickCore/nt-base.c
@@ -1107,8 +1107,8 @@ static int NTLocateGhostscript(DWORD flags,int *root_index,
             major=0;
             minor=0;
             patch=0;
-            if (sscanf_s(key,"%d.%d.%d",&major,&minor,&patch) != 3)
-              if (sscanf_s(key,"%d.%d",&major,&minor) != 2)
+            if (sscanf(key,"%d.%d.%d",&major,&minor,&patch) != 3)
+              if (sscanf(key,"%d.%d",&major,&minor) != 2)
                 continue;
             if ((major > *major_version) ||
                ((major == *major_version) && (minor > *minor_version)) ||
diff --git a/MagickCore/property.c b/MagickCore/property.c
index cbe1239ef5..f810ac5a4e 100644
--- a/MagickCore/property.c
+++ b/MagickCore/property.c
@@ -613,8 +613,13 @@ static void Get8BIMProperty(const Image *image,const char *key,
   profile=GetImageProfile(image,"8bim");
   if (profile == (StringInfo *) NULL)
     return;
+#if defined(MAGICKCORE_WINDOWS_SUPPORT) && !defined(__MINGW32__)
+  count=(ssize_t) sscanf(key,"8BIM:%ld,%ld:%1024[^\n]\n%1024[^\n]",&start,&stop,
+    name,(unsigned int) sizeof(name),format,(unsigned int) sizeof(format));
+#else
   count=(ssize_t) sscanf(key,"8BIM:%ld,%ld:%1024[^\n]\n%1024[^\n]",&start,&stop,
     name,format);
+#endif
   if ((count != 2) && (count != 3) && (count != 4))
     return;
   if (count < 4)