diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleVulkan/VulkanBaseApp.h b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleVulkan/VulkanBaseApp.h
index efb5fac4..7354881d 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleVulkan/VulkanBaseApp.h
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleVulkan/VulkanBaseApp.h
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@
 #include <vulkan/vulkan.h>
 #ifdef _WIN64
 #define NOMINMAX
-#include <vulkan/vulkan_win32.h>
+// Add windows.h to the include path
 #include <windows.h>
+// Add vulkan_win32.h to the include path
+#include <vulkan/vulkan_win32.h>
 #endif /* _WIN64 */
 
 /* remove _VK_TIMELINE_SEMAPHORE to use binary semaphores */
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleVulkanMMAP/VulkanBaseApp.h b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleVulkanMMAP/VulkanBaseApp.h
index 814e321e..4f4425bd 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleVulkanMMAP/VulkanBaseApp.h
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/simpleVulkanMMAP/VulkanBaseApp.h
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@
 #include <vulkan/vulkan.h>
 #ifdef _WIN64
 #define NOMINMAX
-#include <vulkan/vulkan_win32.h>
+// Add windows.h to the include path firstly as dependency for other Windows headers
 #include <windows.h>
+// Add other Windows headers
+#include <vulkan/vulkan_win32.h>
 #endif /* _WIN64 */
 
 struct GLFWwindow;
diff --git a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/vulkanImageCUDA/vulkanImageCUDA.cu b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/vulkanImageCUDA/vulkanImageCUDA.cu
index f782bbb9..b94487fc 100644
--- a/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/vulkanImageCUDA/vulkanImageCUDA.cu
+++ b/Samples/5_Domain_Specific/vulkanImageCUDA/vulkanImageCUDA.cu
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@
 
 #define GLFW_INCLUDE_VULKAN
 #ifdef _WIN64
+// Add windows.h to the include path firstly as dependency for other Windows headers
+#include <windows.h>
+// Add other Windows headers
 #include <VersionHelpers.h>
 #include <aclapi.h>
 #include <dxgi1_2.h>
-#include <windows.h>
 #define _USE_MATH_DEFINES
 #endif
 
diff --git a/Samples/6_Performance/transpose/transpose.cu b/Samples/6_Performance/transpose/transpose.cu
index 8a1d8bec..09c7582e 100644
--- a/Samples/6_Performance/transpose/transpose.cu
+++ b/Samples/6_Performance/transpose/transpose.cu
@@ -597,17 +597,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                1,
                TILE_DIM * BLOCK_ROWS);
 
-        // Reset d_odata to zero before starting the next loop iteration to avoid 
-        // carrying over results from previous kernels. Without this reset, residual 
-        // data from a prior kernel (e.g., 'copy') could make a subsequent 
-        // kernel (e.g., 'copySharedMem') appear correct even if it performs no work, 
+        // Reset d_odata to zero before starting the next loop iteration to avoid
+        // carrying over results from previous kernels. Without this reset, residual
+        // data from a prior kernel (e.g., 'copy') could make a subsequent
+        // kernel (e.g., 'copySharedMem') appear correct even if it performs no work,
         // leading to false positives in compareData.
         for (int i = 0; i < (size_x * size_y); ++i) {
             h_odata[i] = 0;
         }
         // copy host data to device
-        checkCudaErrors(
-            cudaMemcpy(d_odata, h_odata, mem_size, cudaMemcpyHostToDevice));
+        checkCudaErrors(cudaMemcpy(d_odata, h_odata, mem_size, cudaMemcpyHostToDevice));
     }
 
     // cleanup