diff --git a/src/MeoAssistant/Controller.cpp b/src/MeoAssistant/Controller.cpp
index 6bded47ef6..28aab10269 100644
--- a/src/MeoAssistant/Controller.cpp
+++ b/src/MeoAssistant/Controller.cpp
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ std::optional<std::string> asst::Controller::call_command(const std::string& cmd
             (std::min)(timeout - duration_cast<milliseconds>(elapsed).count(), process_running ? 5LL * 1000 : 0LL);
         if (wait_time < 0) break;
         auto wait_result =
-            WaitForMultipleObjectsEx((DWORD)wait_handles.size(), &wait_handles[0], FALSE, (DWORD)wait_time, TRUE);
+            WaitForMultipleObjectsEx((DWORD)wait_handles.size(), wait_handles.data(), FALSE, (DWORD)wait_time, TRUE);
         HANDLE signaled_object = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
         if (wait_result >= WAIT_OBJECT_0 && wait_result < WAIT_OBJECT_0 + wait_handles.size()) {
             signaled_object = wait_handles[(size_t)wait_result - WAIT_OBJECT_0];
diff --git a/src/MeoAssistant/Utils/AsstImageIo.hpp b/src/MeoAssistant/Utils/AsstImageIo.hpp
index d557cdd7bd..b6c6b8a7bf 100644
--- a/src/MeoAssistant/Utils/AsstImageIo.hpp
+++ b/src/MeoAssistant/Utils/AsstImageIo.hpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace asst
         auto fileSize = file.tellg();
         file.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
         std::vector<uint8_t> content(fileSize);
-        file.read((char*)&content[0], fileSize);
+        file.read((char*)content.data(), fileSize);
         return cv::imdecode(content, flags);
     }
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ namespace asst
         std::vector<uint8_t> encoded;
         auto ext = asst::utils::path_to_utf8_string(absolute_path.extension());
         if (cv::imencode(ext.c_str(), img, encoded, params)) {
-            of.write((char*)&encoded[0], encoded.size());
+            of.write((char*)encoded.data(), encoded.size());
             return true;
         }
         return false;
diff --git a/src/MeoAssistant/Utils/Platform/AsstPlatformWin32.cpp b/src/MeoAssistant/Utils/Platform/AsstPlatformWin32.cpp
index 09b51f4c30..cc8e01084e 100644
--- a/src/MeoAssistant/Utils/Platform/AsstPlatformWin32.cpp
+++ b/src/MeoAssistant/Utils/Platform/AsstPlatformWin32.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static std::string get_ansi_short_path(const std::filesystem::path& path)
     auto ansilen = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0, short_path, shortlen, nullptr, 0, nullptr, &failed);
     if (failed) return {};
     std::string result(ansilen, 0);
-    WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0, short_path, shortlen, &result[0], ansilen, nullptr, nullptr);
+    WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0, short_path, shortlen, result.data(), ansilen, nullptr, nullptr);
     return result;
 }
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ std::string asst::platform::path_to_crt_string(const std::filesystem::path& path
     auto err = wcstombs_s(&mbsize, nullptr, 0, osstr.c_str(), osstr.size());
     if (err == 0) {
         std::string result(mbsize, 0);
-        err = wcstombs_s(&mbsize, &result[0], mbsize, osstr.c_str(), osstr.size());
+        err = wcstombs_s(&mbsize, result.data(), mbsize, osstr.c_str(), osstr.size());
         if (err != 0) return {};
         return result.substr(0, mbsize - 1);
     }
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ std::string asst::platform::path_to_ansi_string(const std::filesystem::path& pat
     auto ansilen = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0, osstr.c_str(), (int)osstr.size(), nullptr, 0, nullptr, &failed);
     if (!failed) {
         std::string result(ansilen, 0);
-        WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0, osstr.c_str(), (int)osstr.size(), &result[0], ansilen, nullptr, &failed);
+        WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP, 0, osstr.c_str(), (int)osstr.size(), result.data(), ansilen, nullptr, &failed);
         return result;
     }
     else {
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ asst::platform::os_string asst::platform::to_osstring(const std::string& utf8_st
 {
     int len = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, utf8_str.c_str(), (int)utf8_str.size(), nullptr, 0);
     os_string result(len, 0);
-    MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, utf8_str.c_str(), (int)utf8_str.size(), &result[0], len);
+    MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, utf8_str.c_str(), (int)utf8_str.size(), result.data(), len);
     return result;
 }
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ std::string asst::platform::from_osstring(const os_string& os_str)
 {
     int len = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, os_str.c_str(), (int)os_str.size(), nullptr, 0, nullptr, nullptr);
     std::string result(len, 0);
-    WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, os_str.c_str(), (int)os_str.size(), &result[0], len, nullptr, nullptr);
+    WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, os_str.c_str(), (int)os_str.size(), result.data(), len, nullptr, nullptr);
     return result;
 }
 
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ std::string asst::platform::call_command(const std::string& cmdline, bool* exit_
         if (!pipe_eof) wait_handles.push_back(pipeov.hEvent);
         if (wait_handles.empty()) break;
         auto wait_result =
-            WaitForMultipleObjectsEx((DWORD)wait_handles.size(), &wait_handles[0], FALSE, INFINITE, TRUE);
+            WaitForMultipleObjectsEx((DWORD)wait_handles.size(), wait_handles.data(), FALSE, INFINITE, TRUE);
         HANDLE signaled_object = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
         if (wait_result >= WAIT_OBJECT_0 && wait_result < WAIT_OBJECT_0 + wait_handles.size()) {
             signaled_object = wait_handles[(size_t)wait_result - WAIT_OBJECT_0];