diff --git a/support/src/utils/file.cpp b/support/src/utils/file.cpp
index e39ccb35..84d8a745 100644
--- a/support/src/utils/file.cpp
+++ b/support/src/utils/file.cpp
@@ -176,13 +176,13 @@ auto get_times(std::string_view path) -> std::optional<file_times> {
     file_times ret{};
 
 #if defined(_WIN32)
-    auto file_handle =
-        ::CreateFileA(std::string{path}.c_str(), GENERIC_READ,
-                      FILE_SHARE_DELETE | FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
-                      nullptr, OPEN_EXISTING, 0U, nullptr);
+    auto file_handle = ::CreateFileA(
+        std::string{path}.c_str(), GENERIC_READ,
+        FILE_SHARE_DELETE | FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE, nullptr,
+        OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, nullptr);
     if (file_handle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-      throw std::runtime_error("failed to get file times|" + std::string{path} +
-                               '|' +
+      throw std::runtime_error("failed to open file to get file times|" +
+                               std::string{path} + '|' +
                                std::to_string(utils::get_last_error_code()));
     }