diff --git a/notify/src/windows.rs b/notify/src/windows.rs
index 1e2d2884..2db507e7 100644
--- a/notify/src/windows.rs
+++ b/notify/src/windows.rs
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 use crate::{bounded, unbounded, BoundSender, Config, Receiver, Sender};
 use crate::{event::*, WatcherKind};
 use crate::{Error, EventHandler, RecursiveMode, Result, Watcher};
+use std::alloc;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::env;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
-use std::mem;
 use std::os::raw::c_void;
 use std::os::windows::ffi::{OsStrExt, OsStringExt};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ fn stop_watch(ws: &WatchState, meta_tx: &Sender<MetaEvent>) {
 }
 
 fn start_read(rd: &ReadData, event_handler: Arc<Mutex<dyn EventHandler>>, handle: HANDLE) {
-    let mut request = Box::new(ReadDirectoryRequest {
+    let request = Box::new(ReadDirectoryRequest {
         event_handler,
         handle,
         buffer: [0u8; BUF_SIZE as usize],
@@ -270,31 +270,30 @@ fn start_read(rd: &ReadData, event_handler: Arc<Mutex<dyn EventHandler>>, handle
         | FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_CREATION
         | FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_SECURITY;
 
-    let monitor_subdir = if (&request.data.file).is_none() && request.data.is_recursive {
+    let monitor_subdir = if request.data.file.is_none() && request.data.is_recursive {
         1
     } else {
         0
     };
 
     unsafe {
-        let mut overlapped = std::mem::ManuallyDrop::new(Box::new(mem::zeroed::<OVERLAPPED>()));
+        let overlapped = alloc::alloc_zeroed(alloc::Layout::new::<OVERLAPPED>()) as *mut OVERLAPPED;
         // When using callback based async requests, we are allowed to use the hEvent member
         // for our own purposes
 
-        let req_buf = request.buffer.as_mut_ptr() as *mut c_void;
-        let request_p = Box::into_raw(request);
-        overlapped.hEvent = request_p as isize;
+        let request = Box::leak(request);
+        (*overlapped).hEvent = request as *mut _ as _;
 
         // This is using an asynchronous call with a completion routine for receiving notifications
         // An I/O completion port would probably be more performant
         let ret = ReadDirectoryChangesW(
             handle,
-            req_buf,
+            request.buffer.as_mut_ptr() as *mut c_void,
             BUF_SIZE,
             monitor_subdir,
             flags,
             &mut 0u32 as *mut u32, // not used for async reqs
-            (&mut **overlapped) as *mut OVERLAPPED,
+            overlapped,
             Some(handle_event),
         );
 
@@ -303,8 +302,8 @@ fn start_read(rd: &ReadData, event_handler: Arc<Mutex<dyn EventHandler>>, handle
             // Because of the error, ownership of the `overlapped` alloc was not passed
             // over to `ReadDirectoryChangesW`.
             // So we can claim ownership back.
-            let _overlapped_alloc = std::mem::ManuallyDrop::into_inner(overlapped);
-            let request: Box<ReadDirectoryRequest> = Box::from_raw(request_p);
+            let _overlapped = Box::from_raw(overlapped);
+            let request = Box::from_raw(request);
             ReleaseSemaphore(request.data.complete_sem, 1, ptr::null_mut());
         }
     }