diff --git a/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/shelllink.c b/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/shelllink.c
index e798b75515c..734e47f9e7a 100644
--- a/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/shelllink.c
+++ b/reactos/dll/win32/shell32/shelllink.c
@@ -575,20 +575,20 @@ static HRESULT Stream_LoadString( IStream* stm, BOOL unicode, LPWSTR *pstr )
     /* convert to unicode if necessary */
     if( !unicode )
     {
-        count = MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, (LPSTR) temp, len, NULL, 0 );
+        count = MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, temp, len, NULL, 0 );
         str = HeapAlloc( GetProcessHeap(), 0, (count+1)*sizeof (WCHAR) );
         if( !str )
         {
             HeapFree( GetProcessHeap(), 0, temp );
             return E_OUTOFMEMORY;
         }
-        MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, (LPSTR) temp, len, str, count );
+        MultiByteToWideChar( CP_ACP, 0, temp, len, str, count );
         HeapFree( GetProcessHeap(), 0, temp );
     }
     else
     {
         count /= 2;
-        str = (LPWSTR) temp;
+        str = temp;
     }
     str[count] = 0;
 
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ static HRESULT Stream_ReadChunk( IStream* stm, LPVOID *data )
 
     TRACE("Read %d bytes\n",chunk->size);
 
-    *data = (LPVOID) chunk;
+    *data = chunk;
 
     return S_OK;
 }
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ static HRESULT Stream_LoadLocation( IStream *stm,
     char *p = NULL;
     LOCATION_INFO *loc;
     HRESULT r;
-    int n;
+    DWORD n;
 
     r = Stream_ReadChunk( stm, (LPVOID*) &p );
     if( FAILED(r) )
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI IPersistStream_fnSave(
     memset(&header, 0, sizeof(header));
     header.dwSize = sizeof(header);
     header.fStartup = This->iShowCmd;
-    memcpy(&header.MagicGuid, &CLSID_ShellLink, sizeof(header.MagicGuid) );
+    header.MagicGuid = CLSID_ShellLink;
 
     header.wHotKey = This->wHotKey;
     header.nIcon = This->iIcoNdx;
@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ HRESULT WINAPI IShellLink_ConstructFromFile( IUnknown* pUnkOuter, REFIID riid,
                 hr = E_FAIL;
 
 	    if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
-		*ppv = (IUnknown*) psl;
+		*ppv = psl;
 
 	    IPersistFile_Release(ppf);
 	}
@@ -1539,12 +1539,12 @@ static HRESULT SHELL_PidlGeticonLocationA(IShellFolder* psf, LPCITEMIDLIST pidl,
     if (SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
 	IExtractIconA* pei;
 
-	hr = IShellFolder_GetUIObjectOf(psf, 0, 1, (LPCITEMIDLIST*)&pidlLast, &IID_IExtractIconA, NULL, (LPVOID*)&pei);
+	hr = IShellFolder_GetUIObjectOf(psf, 0, 1, &pidlLast, &IID_IExtractIconA, NULL, (LPVOID*)&pei);
 
 	if (SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
-	    hr = pei->lpVtbl->GetIconLocation(pei, 0, pszIconPath, MAX_PATH, piIcon, NULL);
+	    hr = IExtractIconA_GetIconLocation(pei, 0, pszIconPath, MAX_PATH, piIcon, NULL);
 
-	    pei->lpVtbl->Release(pei);
+	    IExtractIconA_Release(pei);
 	}
 
 	IShellFolder_Release(psf);
@@ -1919,12 +1919,12 @@ static HRESULT SHELL_PidlGeticonLocationW(IShellFolder* psf, LPCITEMIDLIST pidl,
     if (SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
 	IExtractIconW* pei;
 
-	hr = IShellFolder_GetUIObjectOf(psf, 0, 1, (LPCITEMIDLIST*)&pidlLast, &IID_IExtractIconW, NULL, (LPVOID*)&pei);
+	hr = IShellFolder_GetUIObjectOf(psf, 0, 1, &pidlLast, &IID_IExtractIconW, NULL, (LPVOID*)&pei);
 
 	if (SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
-	    hr = pei->lpVtbl->GetIconLocation(pei, 0, pszIconPath, MAX_PATH, piIcon, &wFlags);
+	    hr = IExtractIconW_GetIconLocation(pei, 0, pszIconPath, MAX_PATH, piIcon, &wFlags);
 
-	    pei->lpVtbl->Release(pei);
+	    IExtractIconW_Release(pei);
 	}
 
 	IShellFolder_Release(psf);