diff --git a/Meshconvert/Mesh.cpp b/Meshconvert/Mesh.cpp
index 30646e43..e360b392 100644
--- a/Meshconvert/Mesh.cpp
+++ b/Meshconvert/Mesh.cpp
@@ -2374,7 +2374,7 @@ HRESULT Mesh::ExportToSDKMESH(const wchar_t* szFileName, size_t nMaterials, cons
     // Write subsets
     DWORD bytesToWrite = static_cast<DWORD>( sizeof(SDKMESH_SUBSET) * submeshes.size() );
     DWORD bytesWritten;
-    if ( !WriteFile(hFile.get(), &submeshes.front(), bytesToWrite, &bytesWritten, nullptr) )
+    if ( !WriteFile(hFile.get(), submeshes.data(), bytesToWrite, &bytesWritten, nullptr) )
         return HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(GetLastError());
 
     if (bytesWritten != bytesToWrite)
@@ -2403,7 +2403,7 @@ HRESULT Mesh::ExportToSDKMESH(const wchar_t* szFileName, size_t nMaterials, cons
     // Write subset index list
     assert(meshHeader.NumSubsets == subsetArray.size());
     bytesToWrite = meshHeader.NumSubsets * sizeof(UINT);
-    if (!WriteFile(hFile.get(), &subsetArray.front(), bytesToWrite, &bytesWritten, nullptr))
+    if (!WriteFile(hFile.get(), subsetArray.data(), bytesToWrite, &bytesWritten, nullptr))
         return HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(GetLastError());
 
     if (bytesWritten != bytesToWrite)
diff --git a/Meshconvert/Meshconvert.cpp b/Meshconvert/Meshconvert.cpp
index 98bb6699..1c942708 100644
--- a/Meshconvert/Meshconvert.cpp
+++ b/Meshconvert/Meshconvert.cpp
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ HRESULT LoadFromOBJ(const WCHAR* szFilename, std::unique_ptr<Mesh>& inMesh, std:
     if (wfReader.indices.empty() || wfReader.vertices.empty())
         return E_FAIL;
 
-    hr = inMesh->SetIndexData(wfReader.indices.size() / 3, &wfReader.indices.front(),
-                              wfReader.attributes.empty() ? nullptr : &wfReader.attributes.front());
+    hr = inMesh->SetIndexData(wfReader.indices.size() / 3, wfReader.indices.data(),
+                              wfReader.attributes.empty() ? nullptr : wfReader.attributes.data());
     if (FAILED(hr))
         return hr;
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ HRESULT LoadFromOBJ(const WCHAR* szFilename, std::unique_ptr<Mesh>& inMesh, std:
     if (FAILED(hr))
         return hr;
 
-    hr = vbr.AddStream(&wfReader.vertices.front(), wfReader.vertices.size(), 0, sizeof(WaveFrontReader<uint32_t>::Vertex));
+    hr = vbr.AddStream(wfReader.vertices.data(), wfReader.vertices.size(), 0, sizeof(WaveFrontReader<uint32_t>::Vertex));
     if (FAILED(hr))
         return hr;
 
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ int __cdecl wmain(_In_ int argc, _In_z_count_(argc) wchar_t* argv[])
         }
         else if ( !_wcsicmp(outputExt, L".sdkmesh") )
         {
-            hr = inMesh->ExportToSDKMESH(outputPath, inMaterial.size(), inMaterial.empty() ? nullptr : &inMaterial.front());
+            hr = inMesh->ExportToSDKMESH(outputPath, inMaterial.size(), inMaterial.empty() ? nullptr : inMaterial.data());
         }
         else if ( !_wcsicmp(outputExt, L".cmo") )
         {
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ int __cdecl wmain(_In_ int argc, _In_z_count_(argc) wchar_t* argv[])
                 return 1;
             }
 
-            hr = inMesh->ExportToCMO(outputPath, inMaterial.size(), inMaterial.empty() ? nullptr : &inMaterial.front());
+            hr = inMesh->ExportToCMO(outputPath, inMaterial.size(), inMaterial.empty() ? nullptr : inMaterial.data());
         }
         else if ( !_wcsicmp(outputExt, L".x") )
         {
diff --git a/Utilities/WaveFrontReader.h b/Utilities/WaveFrontReader.h
index 3b715015..51e4699f 100644
--- a/Utilities/WaveFrontReader.h
+++ b/Utilities/WaveFrontReader.h
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ class WaveFrontReader
         // Cleanup
         InFile.close();
 
-        BoundingBox::CreateFromPoints( bounds, positions.size(), &positions.front(), sizeof(XMFLOAT3) );
+        BoundingBox::CreateFromPoints( bounds, positions.size(), positions.data(), sizeof(XMFLOAT3) );
 
         // If an associated material file was found, read that in as well.
         if( *strMaterialFilename )
@@ -466,19 +466,19 @@ class WaveFrontReader
             return E_FAIL;
 
         vertices.resize( numVertices );
-        vboFile.read( reinterpret_cast<char*>( &vertices.front() ), sizeof(Vertex) * numVertices );
+        vboFile.read( reinterpret_cast<char*>( vertices.data() ), sizeof(Vertex) * numVertices );
 
 #pragma warning( suppress : 4127 )
         if ( sizeof( index_t ) == 2 )
         {
             indices.resize( numIndices );
-            vboFile.read( reinterpret_cast<char*>( &indices.front() ), sizeof(uint16_t) * numIndices );
+            vboFile.read( reinterpret_cast<char*>( indices.data() ), sizeof(uint16_t) * numIndices );
         }
         else
         {
             std::vector<uint16_t> tmp;
             tmp.resize( numIndices );
-            vboFile.read( reinterpret_cast<char*>( &tmp.front() ), sizeof(uint16_t) * numIndices );
+            vboFile.read( reinterpret_cast<char*>( tmp.data() ), sizeof(uint16_t) * numIndices );
 
             indices.reserve( numIndices );
             for( auto it = tmp.cbegin(); it != tmp.cend(); ++it )
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ class WaveFrontReader
             }
         }
 
-        BoundingBox::CreateFromPoints( bounds, vertices.size(), reinterpret_cast<const XMFLOAT3*>( &vertices.front() ), sizeof(Vertex) );
+        BoundingBox::CreateFromPoints( bounds, vertices.size(), reinterpret_cast<const XMFLOAT3*>( vertices.data() ), sizeof(Vertex) );
 
         vboFile.close();