diff --git a/src/Files.App/Helpers/Interop/NativeFileOperationsHelper.cs b/src/Files.App/Helpers/Interop/NativeFileOperationsHelper.cs
index f120ebd469f4..ea093e24f98c 100644
--- a/src/Files.App/Helpers/Interop/NativeFileOperationsHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Files.App/Helpers/Interop/NativeFileOperationsHelper.cs
@@ -123,39 +123,6 @@ private static extern bool DeviceIoControl(
 			out uint lpBytesReturned,
 			IntPtr lpOverlapped);
 
-		[DllImport("api-ms-win-core-file-fromapp-l1-1-0.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto,
-		CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall,
-		SetLastError = true)]
-		public static extern IntPtr CreateFile2FromApp(
-			string lpFileName,
-			uint dwDesiredAccess,
-			uint dwShareMode,
-			uint dwCreationDisposition,
-			IntPtr pCreateExParams
-		);
-
-		[DllImport("api-ms-win-core-file-fromapp-l1-1-0.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto,
-		CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall,
-		SetLastError = true)]
-		public static extern bool CreateDirectoryFromApp(
-			string lpPathName,
-			IntPtr SecurityAttributes
-		);
-
-		[DllImport("api-ms-win-core-file-fromapp-l1-1-0.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto,
-		CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall,
-		SetLastError = true)]
-		public static extern bool DeleteFileFromApp(
-			string lpFileName
-		);
-
-		[DllImport("api-ms-win-core-file-fromapp-l1-1-0.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto,
-		CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall,
-		SetLastError = true)]
-		public static extern bool RemoveDirectoryFromApp(
-			string lpPathName
-		);
-
 		[DllImport("api-ms-win-core-file-fromapp-l1-1-0.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
 		[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
 		public static extern bool GetFileAttributesExFromApp(
diff --git a/src/Files.App/NativeMethods.txt b/src/Files.App/NativeMethods.txt
index 9e0590a75225..ab25af5291fe 100644
--- a/src/Files.App/NativeMethods.txt
+++ b/src/Files.App/NativeMethods.txt
@@ -43,4 +43,5 @@ CopyFileFromApp
 MoveFileFromApp
 DeleteFileFromApp
 RemoveDirectoryFromApp
-GetKeyState
\ No newline at end of file
+GetKeyState
+CreateDirectoryFromApp
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Files.App/Utils/Serialization/Implementation/DefaultSettingsSerializer.cs b/src/Files.App/Utils/Serialization/Implementation/DefaultSettingsSerializer.cs
index 049c99a0ca95..c2309bee5608 100644
--- a/src/Files.App/Utils/Serialization/Implementation/DefaultSettingsSerializer.cs
+++ b/src/Files.App/Utils/Serialization/Implementation/DefaultSettingsSerializer.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2024 Files Community
 // Licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE.
 
-using Files.Shared.Extensions;
-using System;
 using System.IO;
+using Windows.Win32;
 using static Files.App.Helpers.NativeFileOperationsHelper;
 
 namespace Files.App.Utils.Serialization.Implementation
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ internal sealed class DefaultSettingsSerializer : ISettingsSerializer
 
 		public bool CreateFile(string path)
 		{
-			CreateDirectoryFromApp(Path.GetDirectoryName(path), IntPtr.Zero);
+			PInvoke.CreateDirectoryFromApp(Path.GetDirectoryName(path), null);
 
 			var hFile = CreateFileFromApp(path, GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, IntPtr.Zero, OPEN_ALWAYS, (uint)File_Attributes.BackupSemantics, IntPtr.Zero);
 			if (hFile.IsHandleInvalid())