diff --git a/matroska/matroskacontainer.cpp b/matroska/matroskacontainer.cpp
index 74485f6..003e138 100644
--- a/matroska/matroskacontainer.cpp
+++ b/matroska/matroskacontainer.cpp
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
 
 #include <c++utilities/conversion/stringbuilder.h>
 #include <c++utilities/conversion/stringconversion.h>
-
-#include <unistd.h>
+#include <c++utilities/io/path.h>
 
 #include <chrono>
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <functional>
 #include <initializer_list>
 #include <limits>
@@ -1837,10 +1837,12 @@ void MatroskaContainer::internalMakeFile(Diagnostics &diag, AbortableProgressFee
                 // -> close stream before truncating
                 outputStream.close();
                 // -> truncate file
-                if (truncate(fileInfo().path().c_str(), static_cast<iostream::off_type>(newSize)) == 0) {
+                auto ec = std::error_code();
+                std::filesystem::resize_file(makeNativePath(fileInfo().path()), newSize, ec);
+                if (!ec) {
                     fileInfo().reportSizeChanged(newSize);
                 } else {
-                    diag.emplace_back(DiagLevel::Critical, "Unable to truncate the file.", context);
+                    diag.emplace_back(DiagLevel::Critical, "Unable to truncate the file: " + ec.message(), context);
                 }
                 // -> reopen the stream again
                 outputStream.open(fileInfo().path(), ios_base::in | ios_base::out | ios_base::binary);
diff --git a/mediafileinfo.cpp b/mediafileinfo.cpp
index 7dace78..8dacce2 100644
--- a/mediafileinfo.cpp
+++ b/mediafileinfo.cpp
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@
 
 #include <c++utilities/chrono/timespan.h>
 #include <c++utilities/conversion/stringconversion.h>
-
-#include <unistd.h>
+#include <c++utilities/io/path.h>
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cstdio>
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <functional>
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <ios>
@@ -1599,10 +1599,12 @@ void MediaFileInfo::makeMp3File(Diagnostics &diag, AbortableProgressFeedback &pr
             }
             progress.updateStep("Removing ID3v1 tag ...");
             stream().close();
-            if (truncate(BasicFileInfo::pathForOpen(path()).data(), static_cast<std::streamoff>(size() - 128)) == 0) {
+            auto ec = std::error_code();
+            std::filesystem::resize_file(makeNativePath(BasicFileInfo::pathForOpen(path())), size() - 128, ec);
+            if (!ec) {
                 reportSizeChanged(size() - 128);
             } else {
-                diag.emplace_back(DiagLevel::Critical, "Unable to truncate file to remove ID3v1 tag.", context);
+                diag.emplace_back(DiagLevel::Critical, "Unable to truncate file to remove ID3v1 tag: " + ec.message(), context);
                 throw std::ios_base::failure("Unable to truncate file to remove ID3v1 tag.");
             }
             return;
@@ -1844,10 +1846,12 @@ void MediaFileInfo::makeMp3File(Diagnostics &diag, AbortableProgressFeedback &pr
                 // -> prevent deferring final write operations
                 outputStream.close();
                 // -> truncate file
-                if (truncate(BasicFileInfo::pathForOpen(path()).data(), static_cast<streamoff>(newSize)) == 0) {
+                auto ec = std::error_code();
+                std::filesystem::resize_file(makeNativePath(BasicFileInfo::pathForOpen(path())), newSize, ec);
+                if (!ec) {
                     reportSizeChanged(newSize);
                 } else {
-                    diag.emplace_back(DiagLevel::Critical, "Unable to truncate the file.", context);
+                    diag.emplace_back(DiagLevel::Critical, "Unable to truncate the file: " + ec.message(), context);
                 }
             } else {
                 // file is longer after the modification
diff --git a/mp4/mp4container.cpp b/mp4/mp4container.cpp
index 24d92b0..3c1554d 100644
--- a/mp4/mp4container.cpp
+++ b/mp4/mp4container.cpp
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 #include <c++utilities/io/binaryreader.h>
 #include <c++utilities/io/binarywriter.h>
 #include <c++utilities/io/copy.h>
+#include <c++utilities/io/path.h>
 
-#include <unistd.h>
-
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <memory>
 #include <numeric>
 #include <tuple>
@@ -838,10 +838,12 @@ calculatePadding:
                 // -> close stream before truncating
                 outputStream.close();
                 // -> truncate file
-                if (truncate(BasicFileInfo::pathForOpen(fileInfo().path()).data(), static_cast<iostream::off_type>(newSize)) == 0) {
+                auto ec = std::error_code();
+                std::filesystem::resize_file(makeNativePath(BasicFileInfo::pathForOpen(fileInfo().path())), newSize, ec);
+                if (!ec) {
                     fileInfo().reportSizeChanged(newSize);
                 } else {
-                    diag.emplace_back(DiagLevel::Critical, "Unable to truncate the file.", context);
+                    diag.emplace_back(DiagLevel::Critical, "Unable to truncate the file: " + ec.message(), context);
                 }
                 // -> reopen the stream again
                 outputStream.open(BasicFileInfo::pathForOpen(fileInfo().path()).data(), ios_base::in | ios_base::out | ios_base::binary);