diff --git a/src/dos.c b/src/dos.c
index 8ed04c76..9c4d68cf 100644
--- a/src/dos.c
+++ b/src/dos.c
@@ -166,40 +166,51 @@ static void FatDateTimeToSystemTime(PLARGE_INTEGER SystemTime, PFAT_DATETIME Fat
  * IO.SYS            000003AA          75 -> EB
  * COMMAND.COM       00006510          75 -> EB
  */
-static BOOL Patch_COMMAND_COM(size_t filestart, size_t filesize)
+static BOOL Patch_COMMAND_COM(HANDLE hFile)
 {
 	const BYTE expected[8] = { 0x15, 0x80, 0xFA, 0x03, 0x75, 0x10, 0xB8, 0x0E };
+	BYTE data[sizeof(expected)] = { 0x00 };
+	DWORD size = sizeof(data);
 
 	uprintf("Patching COMMAND.COM...\n");
-	if (filesize != 93040) {
+	if (GetFileSize(hFile, NULL) != 93040) {
 		uprintf("  unexpected file size\n");
 		return FALSE;
 	}
-//	See #24: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/issues/24
-//	uprintf("&DiskImage[filestart(=%x)+0x650c] = %p\n", filestart, &DiskImage[filestart+0x650c]);
-//	uprintf("&DiskImage[0] = %p\n", &DiskImage[0]);
-	if (memcmp(&DiskImage[filestart+0x650c], expected, sizeof(expected)) != 0) {
+	SetFilePointer(hFile, 0x650c, NULL, FILE_BEGIN);
+	ReadFile(hFile, data, size, &size, NULL);
+	if (memcmp(data, expected, sizeof(expected)) != 0) {
 		uprintf("  unexpected binary data\n");
 		return FALSE;
 	}
-	DiskImage[filestart+0x6510] = 0xeb;
+	data[4] = 0xeb;
+	SetFilePointer(hFile, 0x650c, NULL, FILE_BEGIN);
+	size = sizeof(data);
+	WriteFile(hFile, data, size, &size, NULL);
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
-static BOOL Patch_IO_SYS(size_t filestart, size_t filesize)
+static BOOL Patch_IO_SYS(HANDLE hFile)
 {
 	const BYTE expected[8] = { 0xFA, 0x80, 0x75, 0x09, 0x8D, 0xB6, 0x99, 0x00 };
+	BYTE data[sizeof(expected)] = { 0x00 };
+	DWORD size = sizeof(data);
 
 	uprintf("Patching IO.SYS...\n");
-	if (filesize != 116736) {
+	if (GetFileSize(hFile, NULL) != 116736) {
 		uprintf("  unexpected file size\n");
 		return FALSE;
 	}
-	if (memcmp(&DiskImage[filestart+0x3a8], expected, sizeof(expected)) != 0) {
+	SetFilePointer(hFile, 0x3a8, NULL, FILE_BEGIN);
+	ReadFile(hFile, data, size, &size, NULL);
+	if (memcmp(data, expected, sizeof(expected)) != 0) {
 		uprintf("  unexpected binary data\n");
 		return FALSE;
 	}
-	DiskImage[filestart+0x3aa] = 0xeb;
+	data[2] = 0xeb;
+	SetFilePointer(hFile, 0x3a8, NULL, FILE_BEGIN);
+	size = sizeof(data);
+	WriteFile(hFile, data, size, &size, NULL);
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
@@ -245,13 +256,6 @@ static BOOL ExtractFAT(int entry, const char* path)
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 
-	/* WinME DOS files need to be patched */
-	if (strcmp(&filename[fnamepos], "COMMAND.COM") == 0) {
-		Patch_COMMAND_COM(filestart, filesize);
-	} else if (strcmp(&filename[fnamepos], "IO.SYS") == 0) {
-		Patch_IO_SYS(filestart, filesize);
-	}
-
 	/* Create a file, using the same attributes as found in the FAT */
 	hFile = CreateFileA(filename, GENERIC_READ|GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_READ|FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
 		NULL, CREATE_ALWAYS, dir_entry->Attributes, 0);
@@ -266,6 +270,13 @@ static BOOL ExtractFAT(int entry, const char* path)
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 
+	/* WinME DOS files need to be patched */
+	if (strcmp(&filename[fnamepos], "COMMAND.COM") == 0) {
+		Patch_COMMAND_COM(hFile);
+	} else if (strcmp(&filename[fnamepos], "IO.SYS") == 0) {
+		Patch_IO_SYS(hFile);
+	}
+
 	/* Restore timestamps from FAT */
 	FatDateTimeToSystemTime(&liCreationTime, &dir_entry->CreationDateTime, dir_entry->CreationTimeTenMs);
 	ftCreationTime.dwHighDateTime = liCreationTime.HighPart;
diff --git a/src/icon.c b/src/icon.c
index 1e821bee..a787b773 100644
--- a/src/icon.c
+++ b/src/icon.c
@@ -126,8 +126,6 @@ static BOOL SaveIcon(const char* filename)
 	// Write icon data
 	offset = 3*sizeof(WORD) + icondir->idCount*sizeof(ICONDIRENTRY);
 	for (i=0; i<icondir->idCount; i++) {
-		// wPlanes is set to 0 in the original .ico => fix it
-		icondir->idEntries[i].wPlanes = 0;	// NB: this produces an exception which we don't care about
 		// Write the common part of ICONDIRENTRY
 		if ( (!WriteFile(hFile, &icondir->idEntries[i], sizeof(GRPICONDIRENTRY)-sizeof(WORD), &Size, NULL))
 		   || (Size != sizeof(GRPICONDIRENTRY)-sizeof(WORD)) ) {
diff --git a/src/rufus.rc b/src/rufus.rc
index 34d8f4b7..57788e5e 100644
--- a/src/rufus.rc
+++ b/src/rufus.rc
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
 IDD_DIALOG DIALOGEX 12, 12, 206, 289
 STYLE DS_SETFONT | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_FIXEDSYS | DS_CENTER | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
 EXSTYLE WS_EX_APPWINDOW
-CAPTION "Rufus v1.2.0.162"
+CAPTION "Rufus v1.2.0.163"
 FONT 8, "MS Shell Dlg", 400, 0, 0x1
 BEGIN
     DEFPUSHBUTTON   "Start",IDC_START,94,248,50,14
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ BEGIN
     DEFPUSHBUTTON   "OK",IDOK,231,175,50,14,WS_GROUP
     CONTROL         "<a href=""http://rufus.akeo.ie"">http://rufus.akeo.ie</a>",IDC_ABOUT_RUFUS_URL,
                     "SysLink",WS_TABSTOP,46,47,114,9
-    LTEXT           "Version 1.2.0 (Build 162)",IDC_STATIC,46,19,78,8
+    LTEXT           "Version 1.2.0 (Build 163)",IDC_STATIC,46,19,78,8
     PUSHBUTTON      "License...",IDC_ABOUT_LICENSE,46,175,50,14,WS_GROUP
     EDITTEXT        IDC_ABOUT_COPYRIGHTS,46,107,235,63,ES_MULTILINE | ES_READONLY | WS_VSCROLL
     LTEXT           "Report bugs or request enhancements at:",IDC_STATIC,46,66,187,8
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ END
 //
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION 1,2,0,162
- PRODUCTVERSION 1,2,0,162
+ FILEVERSION 1,2,0,163
+ PRODUCTVERSION 1,2,0,163
  FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
 #ifdef _DEBUG
  FILEFLAGS 0x1L
@@ -234,13 +234,13 @@ BEGIN
         BEGIN
             VALUE "CompanyName", "akeo.ie"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "FileVersion", "1.2.0.162"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "1.2.0.163"
             VALUE "InternalName", "Rufus"
             VALUE "LegalCopyright", "© 2011 Pete Batard (GPL v3)"
             VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", "rufus.exe"
             VALUE "ProductName", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", "1.2.0.162"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "1.2.0.163"
         END
     END
     BLOCK "VarFileInfo"