diff --git a/src/os_win32.c b/src/os_win32.c
index 81a31409d..eedd0a5ab 100644
--- a/src/os_win32.c
+++ b/src/os_win32.c
@@ -918,9 +918,8 @@ null_libintl_wputenv(const wchar_t *envstring UNUSED)
  * Enables or disables the specified privilege.
  */
     static BOOL
-win32_enable_privilege(LPTSTR lpszPrivilege, BOOL bEnable)
+win32_enable_privilege(LPTSTR lpszPrivilege)
 {
-    BOOL		bResult;
     LUID		luid;
     HANDLE		hToken;
     TOKEN_PRIVILEGES	tokenPrivileges;
@@ -937,15 +936,22 @@ win32_enable_privilege(LPTSTR lpszPrivilege, BOOL bEnable)
 
     tokenPrivileges.PrivilegeCount	     = 1;
     tokenPrivileges.Privileges[0].Luid       = luid;
-    tokenPrivileges.Privileges[0].Attributes = bEnable ?
-						    SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED : 0;
+    tokenPrivileges.Privileges[0].Attributes = SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED;
 
-    bResult = AdjustTokenPrivileges(hToken, FALSE, &tokenPrivileges,
-	    sizeof(TOKEN_PRIVILEGES), NULL, NULL);
+    if (!AdjustTokenPrivileges(hToken, FALSE, &tokenPrivileges, 0, NULL, NULL))
+    {
+	CloseHandle(hToken);
+	return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    if (GetLastError() != ERROR_SUCCESS)
+    {
+	CloseHandle(hToken);
+	return FALSE;
+    }
 
     CloseHandle(hToken);
-
-    return bResult && GetLastError() == ERROR_SUCCESS;
+    return TRUE;
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -961,15 +967,11 @@ win32_enable_privilege(LPTSTR lpszPrivilege, BOOL bEnable)
     void
 PlatformId(void)
 {
-    static int done = FALSE;
-
-    if (done)
-	return;
-
     OSVERSIONINFO ovi;
 
     ovi.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(ovi);
-    GetVersionEx(&ovi);
+    if (!GetVersionEx(&ovi))
+        return;
 
 #ifdef FEAT_EVAL
     vim_snprintf(windowsVersion, sizeof(windowsVersion), "%d.%d",
@@ -985,9 +987,9 @@ PlatformId(void)
 
 #ifdef HAVE_ACL
     // Enable privilege for getting or setting SACLs.
-    win32_enable_privilege(SE_SECURITY_NAME, TRUE);
+    if (!win32_enable_privilege(SE_SECURITY_NAME))
+        return;
 #endif
-    done = TRUE;
 }
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 # pragma warning(pop)
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index becaa3e4b..76d1889ee 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -704,6 +704,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    780,
 /**/
     779,
 /**/