diff --git a/Windows/DSoundStream.cpp b/Windows/DSoundStream.cpp
index 4fe56ee0db..d6e2e02b02 100644
--- a/Windows/DSoundStream.cpp
+++ b/Windows/DSoundStream.cpp
@@ -275,11 +275,9 @@ private:
 #define REFTIMES_PER_MILLISEC  (REFTIMES_PER_SEC / 1000)
 
 WASAPIAudioBackend::WASAPIAudioBackend() : hThread_(NULL), sampleRate_(0), callback_(nullptr), threadData_(0) {
-	CoInitializeEx(NULL, COINIT_MULTITHREADED);
 }
 
 WASAPIAudioBackend::~WASAPIAudioBackend() {
-	CoUninitialize();
 	if (threadData_ == 0) {
 		threadData_ = 1;
 	}
diff --git a/Windows/W32Util/ShellUtil.cpp b/Windows/W32Util/ShellUtil.cpp
index 5ee34c9d57..6b7aa9a19c 100644
--- a/Windows/W32Util/ShellUtil.cpp
+++ b/Windows/W32Util/ShellUtil.cpp
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ namespace W32Util
 		wchar_t temp[MAX_PATH];
 		SHGetPathFromIDList(idList, temp);
 		if (wcslen(temp))
-		{
 			return ConvertWStringToUTF8(temp);
-		}
 		else
 			return "";
 	}
diff --git a/Windows/WindowsHost.cpp b/Windows/WindowsHost.cpp
index ebdf665951..1c14b869bb 100644
--- a/Windows/WindowsHost.cpp
+++ b/Windows/WindowsHost.cpp
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ void WindowsHost::UpdateConsolePosition()
 HRESULT CreateLink(LPCWSTR lpszPathObj, LPCWSTR lpszArguments, LPCWSTR lpszPathLink, LPCWSTR lpszDesc) { 
 	HRESULT hres; 
 	IShellLink* psl; 
-	CoInitialize(0);
+	CoInitializeEx(NULL, COINIT_MULTITHREADED);
 
 	// Get a pointer to the IShellLink interface. It is assumed that CoInitialize
 	// has already been called.
diff --git a/Windows/main.cpp b/Windows/main.cpp
index dcf1c222b9..eb5c677e24 100644
--- a/Windows/main.cpp
+++ b/Windows/main.cpp
@@ -359,6 +359,8 @@ int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE _hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR szCmdLin
 {
 	setCurrentThreadName("Main");
 
+	CoInitializeEx(NULL, COINIT_MULTITHREADED);
+
 	// Windows Vista and above: alert Windows that PPSSPP is DPI aware,
 	// so that we don't flicker in fullscreen on some PCs.
 	MakePPSSPPDPIAware();
@@ -616,5 +618,6 @@ int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE _hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR szCmdLin
 	if (g_Config.bRestartRequired) {
 		W32Util::ExitAndRestart();
 	}
+	CoUninitialize();
 	return 0;
 }