diff --git a/backend/src/platform/win32_titlebar.zig b/backend/src/platform/win32_titlebar.zig
index 408336540..dca4597ca 100644
--- a/backend/src/platform/win32_titlebar.zig
+++ b/backend/src/platform/win32_titlebar.zig
@@ -554,11 +554,11 @@ pub fn viewportCarryChrome(hwnd: *anyopaque) void {
     const dwm = win32.graphics.dwm;
     const wm = win32.ui.windows_and_messaging;
     const corner: u32 = DWMWCP_DONOTROUND;
-    _ = dwm.DwmSetWindowAttribute(h, @enumFromInt(DWMWA_WINDOW_CORNER_PREFERENCE), &corner, @sizeOf(u32));
+    _ = dwm.DwmSetWindowAttribute(h, @fromBackingInt(@intCast(DWMWA_WINDOW_CORNER_PREFERENCE)), &corner, @sizeOf(u32));
     const none: u32 = dwm.DWMWA_COLOR_NONE;
     _ = dwm.DwmSetWindowAttribute(h, dwm.DWMWA_BORDER_COLOR, &none, @sizeOf(u32));
     const no_transitions: u32 = 1;
-    _ = dwm.DwmSetWindowAttribute(h, @enumFromInt(DWMWA_TRANSITIONS_FORCEDISABLED), &no_transitions, @sizeOf(u32));
+    _ = dwm.DwmSetWindowAttribute(h, @fromBackingInt(@intCast(DWMWA_TRANSITIONS_FORCEDISABLED)), &no_transitions, @sizeOf(u32));
     _ = win32.ui.shell.SetWindowSubclass(h, carrySubclassProc, carry_subclass_id, 0);
     const style = wm.GetWindowLongPtrW(h, wm.GWL_STYLE);
     _ = wm.SetWindowLongPtrW(h, wm.GWL_STYLE, style & ~carry_ws_frame);
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ fn carrySubclassProc(
     if (uMsg == WM_NCHITTEST) return HTTRANSPARENT;
     if (uMsg == wm.WM_MOUSEACTIVATE) return MA_NOACTIVATE;
     // SDL sets the window's style again as it likes: never a frame.
-    if (uMsg == wm.WM_STYLECHANGING and @as(isize, @bitCast(wParam)) == @intFromEnum(wm.GWL_STYLE)) {
+    if (uMsg == wm.WM_STYLECHANGING and @as(isize, @bitCast(wParam)) == @backingInt(wm.GWL_STYLE)) {
         const ss: *wm.STYLESTRUCT = @ptrFromInt(@as(usize, @bitCast(lParam)));
         ss.styleNew &= ~@as(u32, @intCast(carry_ws_frame));
     }
diff --git a/scripts/check-examples.sh b/scripts/check-examples.sh
index a90d487f5..7de5b8c66 100755
--- a/scripts/check-examples.sh
+++ b/scripts/check-examples.sh
@@ -50,9 +50,14 @@ for repo in example-app example-plugin; do
     mkdir -p "$work/$repo"
     pack "$EXAMPLES_DIR/$repo" | tar -x -C "$work/$repo"
   else
-    # ZIG017: the examples' zig-0.17 branches until their 0.17 PRs land (just after fizzy's
-    # switch to 0.17), then `main` again in a PR of its own.
-    git clone --quiet --depth 1 --branch "${EXAMPLES_REF:-zig-0.17}" "https://github.com/fizzyedit/$repo" "$work/$repo"
+    # ZIG017: each example's zig-0.17 branch while it has one, `main` once its 0.17 PR has landed
+    # and the branch is gone (example-plugin's did first, and the clone of a branch no longer
+    # there failed every fizzy pull request). When both have landed, `main` alone, in a PR of
+    # its own.
+    url="https://github.com/fizzyedit/$repo"
+    ref="${EXAMPLES_REF:-zig-0.17}"
+    if ! git ls-remote --exit-code --heads "$url" "$ref" >/dev/null; then ref=main; fi
+    git clone --quiet --depth 1 --branch "$ref" "$url" "$work/$repo"
   fi
 done