diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 34bdcca29..40b1b09f5 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Features
 
 Bug Fixes
 ---------
+* [#1700](https://github.com/java-native-access/jna/issues/1700): Windows: treat `ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER` from `OpenProcess` in `c.s.j.p.WindowUtils#getProcessFilePath` like `ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED` to avoid spurious `Win32Exception` when enumerating windows whose processes have exited or are otherwise inaccessible - [marktech0813](https://github.com/marktech0813).
 
 
 Release 5.18.1
@@ -1465,4 +1466,4 @@ Bug Fixes
 * Ensure native libraries are only loaded once until released
 * Properly handle NULL when the return value is a Structure
 * Proper conversion to wchar_t on linux
-* Copy full length of Java strings to C strings instead of stopping when a NUL character is encountered
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+* Copy full length of Java strings to C strings instead of stopping when a NUL character is encountered
diff --git a/contrib/platform/src/com/sun/jna/platform/WindowUtils.java b/contrib/platform/src/com/sun/jna/platform/WindowUtils.java
index 78ea1fa2d..9c4c24e3e 100644
--- a/contrib/platform/src/com/sun/jna/platform/WindowUtils.java
+++ b/contrib/platform/src/com/sun/jna/platform/WindowUtils.java
@@ -1298,22 +1298,25 @@ public String getProcessFilePath(final HWND hwnd) {
                     pid.getValue());
 
             if (process == null) {
-                if(Kernel32.INSTANCE.GetLastError() != WinNT.ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED) {
-                    throw new Win32Exception(Kernel32.INSTANCE.GetLastError());
-                } else {
-                    process = Kernel32.INSTANCE.OpenProcess(
-                            WinNT.PROCESS_QUERY_LIMITED_INFORMATION,
-                            false,
-                            pid.getValue());
-
-                    if (process == null) {
-                        if (Kernel32.INSTANCE.GetLastError() != WinNT.ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED) {
-                            throw new Win32Exception(Kernel32.INSTANCE.GetLastError());
-                        } else {
-                            // Ignore windows, that can't be accessed
-                            return "";
+                switch (Kernel32.INSTANCE.GetLastError()) {
+                    case WinNT.ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED:
+                    case WinError.ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER:
+                        process = Kernel32.INSTANCE.OpenProcess(
+                                WinNT.PROCESS_QUERY_LIMITED_INFORMATION,
+                                false,
+                                pid.getValue());
+                        if (process != null) {
+                            break;
                         }
-                    }
+                        switch (Kernel32.INSTANCE.GetLastError()) {
+                            case WinNT.ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED:
+                            case WinError.ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER:
+                                // Ignore windows, that can't be accessed
+                                return "";
+                        }
+                        /* if above didn't already break or return, fall through to default */
+                    default:
+                        throw new Win32Exception(Kernel32.INSTANCE.GetLastError());
                 }
             }