diff --git a/lib/std/child_process.zig b/lib/std/child_process.zig
index dfa8d65eff..3c1b01d3b8 100644
--- a/lib/std/child_process.zig
+++ b/lib/std/child_process.zig
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ pub const ChildProcess = struct {
             // "\Device\Null" or "\??\NUL"
             windows.OpenFile(&[_]u16{ '\\', 'D', 'e', 'v', 'i', 'c', 'e', '\\', 'N', 'u', 'l', 'l' }, .{
                 .access_mask = windows.GENERIC_READ | windows.GENERIC_WRITE | windows.SYNCHRONIZE,
-                .share_access = windows.FILE_SHARE_READ | windows.FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
+                .share_access = windows.FILE_SHARE_READ | windows.FILE_SHARE_WRITE | windows.FILE_SHARE_DELETE,
                 .sa = &saAttr,
                 .creation = windows.OPEN_EXISTING,
             }) catch |err| switch (err) {
diff --git a/lib/std/fs/Dir.zig b/lib/std/fs/Dir.zig
index 484e70d1de..192a0d4b3a 100644
--- a/lib/std/fs/Dir.zig
+++ b/lib/std/fs/Dir.zig
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ pub fn realpathW(self: Dir, pathname: []const u16, out_buffer: []u8) RealPathErr
     const w = windows;
 
     const access_mask = w.GENERIC_READ | w.SYNCHRONIZE;
-    const share_access = w.FILE_SHARE_READ;
+    const share_access = w.FILE_SHARE_READ | w.FILE_SHARE_WRITE | w.FILE_SHARE_DELETE;
     const creation = w.FILE_OPEN;
     const h_file = blk: {
         const res = w.OpenFile(pathname, .{
@@ -1598,7 +1598,7 @@ fn makeOpenDirAccessMaskW(self: Dir, sub_path_w: [*:0]const u16, access_mask: u3
         &io,
         null,
         w.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
-        w.FILE_SHARE_READ | w.FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
+        w.FILE_SHARE_READ | w.FILE_SHARE_WRITE | w.FILE_SHARE_DELETE,
         flags.create_disposition,
         w.FILE_DIRECTORY_FILE | w.FILE_SYNCHRONOUS_IO_NONALERT | w.FILE_OPEN_FOR_BACKUP_INTENT | open_reparse_point,
         null,
diff --git a/lib/std/fs/test.zig b/lib/std/fs/test.zig
index d1689dcff6..63e7968c64 100644
--- a/lib/std/fs/test.zig
+++ b/lib/std/fs/test.zig
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ test "File.stat on a File that is a symlink returns Kind.sym_link" {
                         &io,
                         null,
                         windows.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
-                        windows.FILE_SHARE_READ | windows.FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
+                        windows.FILE_SHARE_READ | windows.FILE_SHARE_WRITE | windows.FILE_SHARE_DELETE,
                         windows.FILE_OPEN,
                         // FILE_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT is the important thing here
                         windows.FILE_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT | windows.FILE_DIRECTORY_FILE | windows.FILE_SYNCHRONOUS_IO_NONALERT | windows.FILE_OPEN_FOR_BACKUP_INTENT,
diff --git a/lib/std/os/windows.zig b/lib/std/os/windows.zig
index 72078c0144..34f84bd5c2 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/windows.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/windows.zig
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ pub fn CreatePipe(rd: *HANDLE, wr: *HANDLE, sattr: *const SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES) C
             &iosb,
             null,
             0,
-            FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
+            FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_DELETE,
             FILE_OPEN,
             FILE_SYNCHRONOUS_IO_NONALERT,
             null,
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ pub fn CreatePipe(rd: *HANDLE, wr: *HANDLE, sattr: *const SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES) C
         &iosb,
         null,
         0,
-        FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
+        FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_DELETE,
         FILE_OPEN,
         FILE_SYNCHRONOUS_IO_NONALERT | FILE_NON_DIRECTORY_FILE,
         null,
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ pub fn ReadLink(dir: ?HANDLE, sub_path_w: []const u16, out_buffer: []u8) ReadLin
         &io,
         null,
         FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
-        FILE_SHARE_READ,
+        FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_DELETE,
         FILE_OPEN,
         FILE_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT | FILE_SYNCHRONOUS_IO_NONALERT,
         null,
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ pub fn GetFinalPathNameByHandle(
             const mgmt_path_u16 = std.unicode.utf8ToUtf16LeStringLiteral("\\??\\MountPointManager");
             const mgmt_handle = OpenFile(mgmt_path_u16, .{
                 .access_mask = SYNCHRONIZE,
-                .share_access = FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
+                .share_access = FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_DELETE,
                 .creation = FILE_OPEN,
             }) catch |err| switch (err) {
                 error.IsDir => return error.Unexpected,
diff --git a/lib/std/posix.zig b/lib/std/posix.zig
index 889cc663ec..196a268d7f 100644
--- a/lib/std/posix.zig
+++ b/lib/std/posix.zig
@@ -5403,7 +5403,7 @@ pub fn realpathW(pathname: []const u16, out_buffer: *[max_path_bytes]u8) RealPat
 
     const dir = fs.cwd().fd;
     const access_mask = w.GENERIC_READ | w.SYNCHRONIZE;
-    const share_access = w.FILE_SHARE_READ;
+    const share_access = w.FILE_SHARE_READ | w.FILE_SHARE_WRITE | w.FILE_SHARE_DELETE;
     const creation = w.FILE_OPEN;
     const h_file = blk: {
         const res = w.OpenFile(pathname, .{