ULONG CreateAndOverwrite(PHANDLE FileHandle, PCWSTR FileName)
{
    ULONG err;

    do
    {
        HANDLE hFile = CreateFile(FileName, FILE_APPEND_DATA, FILE_SHARE_VALID_FLAGS, 0,
            CREATE_ALWAYS, FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, 0);

        if (hFile != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
        {
            *FileHandle = hFile;
            return NOERROR;
        }

        if ((err = GetLastError()) != ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED)
        {
            return err;
        }

        hFile = CreateFile(FileName, FILE_WRITE_ATTRIBUTES , FILE_SHARE_VALID_FLAGS, 0,
            OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS|FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT, 0);

        if (hFile == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
        {
            return GetLastError();
        }

        static FILE_BASIC_INFO fbi = { {}, {}, {}, {}, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL };

        err = SetFileInformationByHandle(hFile, FileBasicInfo, &fbi, sizeof(fbi)) ? NOERROR : GetLastError();

        CloseHandle(hFile);

    } while (err == NOERROR);

    return err;
}


    HANDLE hFile;
    if (NOERROR == CreateAndOverwrite(&hFile, L"***"))
    {
        // ...
        CloseHandle(hFile);
    }