diff --git a/shell/browser/native_window_views.cc b/shell/browser/native_window_views.cc
index 10afaf001810..c7f8916177f5 100644
--- a/shell/browser/native_window_views.cc
+++ b/shell/browser/native_window_views.cc
@@ -1282,12 +1282,7 @@ void NativeWindowViews::SetOpacity(const double opacity) {
 #if BUILDFLAG(IS_WIN)
   const double boundedOpacity = std::clamp(opacity, 0.0, 1.0);
   HWND hwnd = GetAcceleratedWidget();
-  if (!layered_) {
-    LONG ex_style = ::GetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_EXSTYLE);
-    ex_style |= WS_EX_LAYERED;
-    ::SetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, ex_style);
-    layered_ = true;
-  }
+  SetLayered();
   ::SetLayeredWindowAttributes(hwnd, 0, boundedOpacity * 255, LWA_ALPHA);
   opacity_ = boundedOpacity;
 #else
@@ -1730,6 +1725,16 @@ void NativeWindowViews::UpdateThickFrame() {
     FlipWindowStyle(GetAcceleratedWidget(), resizable_, WS_THICKFRAME);
   }
 }
+
+void NativeWindowViews::SetLayered() {
+  HWND hwnd = GetAcceleratedWidget();
+  if (!layered_) {
+    LONG ex_style = ::GetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_EXSTYLE);
+    ex_style |= WS_EX_LAYERED;
+    ::SetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, ex_style);
+    layered_ = true;
+  }
+}
 #endif
 
 void NativeWindowViews::OnWidgetActivationChanged(views::Widget* changed_widget,
diff --git a/shell/browser/native_window_views.h b/shell/browser/native_window_views.h
index 2872d77c3293..ae85a927fc7f 100644
--- a/shell/browser/native_window_views.h
+++ b/shell/browser/native_window_views.h
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ class NativeWindowViews : public NativeWindow,
 #if BUILDFLAG(IS_WIN)
   TaskbarHost& taskbar_host() { return taskbar_host_; }
   void UpdateThickFrame();
+  void SetLayered();
 #endif
 
   SkColor overlay_button_color() const { return overlay_button_color_; }
diff --git a/shell/browser/ui/win/electron_desktop_window_tree_host_win.cc b/shell/browser/ui/win/electron_desktop_window_tree_host_win.cc
index daea2f8b3492..40a3d6b66d23 100644
--- a/shell/browser/ui/win/electron_desktop_window_tree_host_win.cc
+++ b/shell/browser/ui/win/electron_desktop_window_tree_host_win.cc
@@ -176,6 +176,11 @@ void ElectronDesktopWindowTreeHostWin::UpdateAllowScreenshots() {
   if (allowed == allow_screenshots_)
     return;
 
+  // On some older Windows versions, setting the display affinity
+  // to WDA_EXCLUDEFROMCAPTURE won't prevent the window from being
+  // captured - setting WS_EX_LAYERED mitigates this issue.
+  if (base::win::GetVersion() < base::win::Version::WIN11_22H2)
+    native_window_view_->SetLayered();
   ::SetWindowDisplayAffinity(
       GetAcceleratedWidget(),
       allow_screenshots_ ? WDA_NONE : WDA_EXCLUDEFROMCAPTURE);