diff --git a/main/gui/source/window/win_window.cpp b/main/gui/source/window/win_window.cpp
index 5e1baac31..e9e8798aa 100644
--- a/main/gui/source/window/win_window.cpp
+++ b/main/gui/source/window/win_window.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     #include <fcntl.h>
     #include <shellapi.h>
     #include <timeapi.h>
+    #include <VersionHelpers.h>
 
 namespace hex {
 
@@ -389,8 +390,7 @@ namespace hex {
 
         // Windows versions before Windows 10 have issues with transparent framebuffers
         // causing the entire window to be slightly transparent ignoring all configurations
-        OSVERSIONINFOA versionInfo = { };
-        if (::GetVersionExA(&versionInfo) && versionInfo.dwMajorVersion >= 10) {
+        if (::IsWindows10OrGreater()) {
             glfwWindowHint(GLFW_TRANSPARENT_FRAMEBUFFER, GLFW_TRUE);
         } else {
             glfwWindowHint(GLFW_TRANSPARENT_FRAMEBUFFER, GLFW_FALSE);
diff --git a/main/gui/source/window/window.cpp b/main/gui/source/window/window.cpp
index 7873152af..0fcdc4d89 100644
--- a/main/gui/source/window/window.cpp
+++ b/main/gui/source/window/window.cpp
@@ -924,7 +924,6 @@ namespace hex {
         glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_FORWARD_COMPAT, GL_TRUE);
         glfwWindowHint(GLFW_VISIBLE, GLFW_FALSE);
         glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CLIENT_API, GLFW_OPENGL_API);
-        glfwWindowHint(GLFW_TRANSPARENT_FRAMEBUFFER, GLFW_TRUE);
 
         if (initialWindowProperties.has_value()) {
             glfwWindowHint(GLFW_MAXIMIZED, initialWindowProperties->maximized);
diff --git a/resources/dist/windows/imhex.manifest b/resources/dist/windows/imhex.manifest
index d4910f10b..8340c145e 100644
--- a/resources/dist/windows/imhex.manifest
+++ b/resources/dist/windows/imhex.manifest
@@ -7,4 +7,12 @@
       <consoleAllocationPolicy xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2024/WindowsSettings">detached</consoleAllocationPolicy>
     </windowsSettings>
   </application>
-</assembly>
+
+  <compatibility xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:compatibility.v1">
+    <application>
+      <!-- Windows 10, version 1903 -->
+      <maxversiontested Id="10.0.18362.1"/>
+      <supportedOS Id="{8e0f7a12-bfb3-4fe8-b9a5-48fd50a15a9a}" />
+    </application>
+  </compatibility>
+</assembly>
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