Issue with DIRPORT.C/DIRPORT.H

Hello all
I have an old module that uses _dos_findfirst and _dos_findnext which I need to revive into the Windows 7 era.
I downloaded DIRPORT.C and DIRPORT.H and used FIND_FIRST and FIND_NEXT instead. I also use the DOSFileData structure. My main issue is that the filename has to be defined as LPCWSTR (I use VS 2010.) I understand the reason and I also understand that DIPORT is meant for WIN23 and not for Windows 7 64 bits, but I do compile under Win32 project.

Is there a way around this issue or should I prompt the authors to make a change in the package?
Thanks
ZA

Cprogramming.com FAQ > Accessing a directory and all the files within it
Sooner or later, you'll have to rewrite the historic kludge for your new environment.

> My main issue is that the filename has to be defined as LPCWSTR
Yeah, along with say
- dates past Y2K
- filenames not in 8.3 format
- filenames with space and other formerly illegal chars
- files larger than 2Gbytes (or whatever)