20 files changed, 2963 insertions, 1432 deletions

diff --git a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 88644eeb6..eafb96b0b 100644
--- a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ add_library(common STATIC
     cityhash.cpp
     cityhash.h
     common_funcs.h
-    common_paths.h
     common_sizes.h
     common_types.h
     concepts.h
@@ -118,8 +117,16 @@ add_library(common STATIC
     dynamic_library.h
     fiber.cpp
     fiber.h
-    file_util.cpp
-    file_util.h
+    fs/file.cpp
+    fs/file.h
+    fs/fs.cpp
+    fs/fs.h
+    fs/fs_paths.h
+    fs/fs_types.h
+    fs/fs_util.cpp
+    fs/fs_util.h
+    fs/path_util.cpp
+    fs/path_util.h
     hash.h
     hex_util.cpp
     hex_util.h
diff --git a/src/common/common_paths.h b/src/common/common_paths.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c593d5f6..000000000
--- a/src/common/common_paths.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 Dolphin Emulator Project / 2014 Citra Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#pragma once
-
-// Directory separators, do we need this?
-#define DIR_SEP "/"
-#define DIR_SEP_CHR '/'
-
-#ifndef MAX_PATH
-#define MAX_PATH 260
-#endif
-
-// The user data dir
-#define ROOT_DIR "."
-#define USERDATA_DIR "user"
-#ifdef USER_DIR
-#define EMU_DATA_DIR USER_DIR
-#else
-#define EMU_DATA_DIR "yuzu"
-#endif
-
-// Dirs in both User and Sys
-#define EUR_DIR "EUR"
-#define USA_DIR "USA"
-#define JAP_DIR "JAP"
-
-// Subdirs in the User dir returned by GetUserPath(UserPath::UserDir)
-#define CONFIG_DIR "config"
-#define CACHE_DIR "cache"
-#define SDMC_DIR "sdmc"
-#define NAND_DIR "nand"
-#define SYSDATA_DIR "sysdata"
-#define KEYS_DIR "keys"
-#define LOAD_DIR "load"
-#define DUMP_DIR "dump"
-#define SCREENSHOTS_DIR "screenshots"
-#define SHADER_DIR "shader"
-#define LOG_DIR "log"
-
-// Filenames
-// Files in the directory returned by GetUserPath(UserPath::ConfigDir)
-#define EMU_CONFIG "emu.ini"
-#define DEBUGGER_CONFIG "debugger.ini"
-#define LOGGER_CONFIG "logger.ini"
-// Files in the directory returned by GetUserPath(UserPath::LogDir)
-#define LOG_FILE "yuzu_log.txt"
-
-// Sys files
-#define SHARED_FONT "shared_font.bin"
-#define AES_KEYS "aes_keys.txt"
diff --git a/src/common/file_util.cpp b/src/common/file_util.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 18fbfa25b..000000000
--- a/src/common/file_util.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,1032 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 Dolphin Emulator Project / 2014 Citra Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#include <array>
-#include <limits>
-#include <memory>
-#include <sstream>
-#include <unordered_map>
-#include "common/assert.h"
-#include "common/common_funcs.h"
-#include "common/common_paths.h"
-#include "common/file_util.h"
-#include "common/logging/log.h"
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-#include <windows.h>
-// windows.h needs to be included before other windows headers
-#include <direct.h> // getcwd
-#include <io.h>
-#include <shellapi.h>
-#include <shlobj.h> // for SHGetFolderPath
-#include <tchar.h>
-#include "common/string_util.h"
-
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-// 64 bit offsets for MSVC
-#define fseeko _fseeki64
-#define ftello _ftelli64
-#define fileno _fileno
-#endif
-
-// 64 bit offsets for MSVC and MinGW. MinGW also needs this for using _wstat64
-#define stat _stat64
-#define fstat _fstat64
-
-#else
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-#include <sys/param.h>
-#endif
-#include <cctype>
-#include <cerrno>
-#include <cstdlib>
-#include <cstring>
-#include <dirent.h>
-#include <pwd.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#endif
-
-#if defined(__APPLE__)
-// CFURL contains __attribute__ directives that gcc does not know how to parse, so we need to just
-// ignore them if we're not using clang. The macro is only used to prevent linking against
-// functions that don't exist on older versions of macOS, and the worst case scenario is a linker
-// error, so this is perfectly safe, just inconvenient.
-#ifndef __clang__
-#define availability(...)
-#endif
-#include <CoreFoundation/CFBundle.h>
-#include <CoreFoundation/CFString.h>
-#include <CoreFoundation/CFURL.h>
-#ifdef availability
-#undef availability
-#endif
-
-#endif
-
-#include <algorithm>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-
-#ifndef S_ISDIR
-#define S_ISDIR(m) (((m)&S_IFMT) == S_IFDIR)
-#endif
-
-// This namespace has various generic functions related to files and paths.
-// The code still needs a ton of cleanup.
-// REMEMBER: strdup considered harmful!
-namespace Common::FS {
-
-// Remove any ending forward slashes from directory paths
-// Modifies argument.
-static void StripTailDirSlashes(std::string& fname) {
-    if (fname.length() <= 1) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    std::size_t i = fname.length();
-    while (i > 0 && fname[i - 1] == DIR_SEP_CHR) {
-        --i;
-    }
-    fname.resize(i);
-}
-
-bool Exists(const std::string& filename) {
-    struct stat file_info;
-
-    std::string copy(filename);
-    StripTailDirSlashes(copy);
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    // Windows needs a slash to identify a driver root
-    if (copy.size() != 0 && copy.back() == ':')
-        copy += DIR_SEP_CHR;
-
-    int result = _wstat64(Common::UTF8ToUTF16W(copy).c_str(), &file_info);
-#else
-    int result = stat(copy.c_str(), &file_info);
-#endif
-
-    return (result == 0);
-}
-
-bool IsDirectory(const std::string& filename) {
-    struct stat file_info;
-
-    std::string copy(filename);
-    StripTailDirSlashes(copy);
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    // Windows needs a slash to identify a driver root
-    if (copy.size() != 0 && copy.back() == ':')
-        copy += DIR_SEP_CHR;
-
-    int result = _wstat64(Common::UTF8ToUTF16W(copy).c_str(), &file_info);
-#else
-    int result = stat(copy.c_str(), &file_info);
-#endif
-
-    if (result < 0) {
-        LOG_DEBUG(Common_Filesystem, "stat failed on {}: {}", filename, GetLastErrorMsg());
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return S_ISDIR(file_info.st_mode);
-}
-
-bool Delete(const std::string& filename) {
-    LOG_TRACE(Common_Filesystem, "file {}", filename);
-
-    // Return true because we care about the file no
-    // being there, not the actual delete.
-    if (!Exists(filename)) {
-        LOG_DEBUG(Common_Filesystem, "{} does not exist", filename);
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    // We can't delete a directory
-    if (IsDirectory(filename)) {
-        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Failed: {} is a directory", filename);
-        return false;
-    }
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    if (!DeleteFileW(Common::UTF8ToUTF16W(filename).c_str())) {
-        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "DeleteFile failed on {}: {}", filename, GetLastErrorMsg());
-        return false;
-    }
-#else
-    if (unlink(filename.c_str()) == -1) {
-        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "unlink failed on {}: {}", filename, GetLastErrorMsg());
-        return false;
-    }
-#endif
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-bool CreateDir(const std::string& path) {
-    LOG_TRACE(Common_Filesystem, "directory {}", path);
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    if (::CreateDirectoryW(Common::UTF8ToUTF16W(path).c_str(), nullptr))
-        return true;
-    DWORD error = GetLastError();
-    if (error == ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS) {
-        LOG_DEBUG(Common_Filesystem, "CreateDirectory failed on {}: already exists", path);
-        return true;
-    }
-    LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "CreateDirectory failed on {}: {}", path, error);
-    return false;
-#else
-    if (mkdir(path.c_str(), 0755) == 0)
-        return true;
-
-    int err = errno;
-
-    if (err == EEXIST) {
-        LOG_DEBUG(Common_Filesystem, "mkdir failed on {}: already exists", path);
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "mkdir failed on {}: {}", path, strerror(err));
-    return false;
-#endif
-}
-
-bool CreateFullPath(const std::string& fullPath) {
-    int panicCounter = 100;
-    LOG_TRACE(Common_Filesystem, "path {}", fullPath);
-
-    if (Exists(fullPath)) {
-        LOG_DEBUG(Common_Filesystem, "path exists {}", fullPath);
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    std::size_t position = 0;
-    while (true) {
-        // Find next sub path
-        position = fullPath.find(DIR_SEP_CHR, position);
-
-        // we're done, yay!
-        if (position == fullPath.npos)
-            return true;
-
-        // Include the '/' so the first call is CreateDir("/") rather than CreateDir("")
-        std::string const subPath(fullPath.substr(0, position + 1));
-        if (!IsDirectory(subPath) && !CreateDir(subPath)) {
-            LOG_ERROR(Common, "CreateFullPath: directory creation failed");
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        // A safety check
-        panicCounter--;
-        if (panicCounter <= 0) {
-            LOG_ERROR(Common, "CreateFullPath: directory structure is too deep");
-            return false;
-        }
-        position++;
-    }
-}
-
-bool DeleteDir(const std::string& filename) {
-    LOG_TRACE(Common_Filesystem, "directory {}", filename);
-
-    // check if a directory
-    if (!IsDirectory(filename)) {
-        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Not a directory {}", filename);
-        return false;
-    }
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    if (::RemoveDirectoryW(Common::UTF8ToUTF16W(filename).c_str()))
-        return true;
-#else
-    if (rmdir(filename.c_str()) == 0)
-        return true;
-#endif
-    LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "failed {}: {}", filename, GetLastErrorMsg());
-
-    return false;
-}
-
-bool Rename(const std::string& srcFilename, const std::string& destFilename) {
-    LOG_TRACE(Common_Filesystem, "{} --> {}", srcFilename, destFilename);
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    if (_wrename(Common::UTF8ToUTF16W(srcFilename).c_str(),
-                 Common::UTF8ToUTF16W(destFilename).c_str()) == 0)
-        return true;
-#else
-    if (rename(srcFilename.c_str(), destFilename.c_str()) == 0)
-        return true;
-#endif
-    LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "failed {} --> {}: {}", srcFilename, destFilename,
-              GetLastErrorMsg());
-    return false;
-}
-
-bool Copy(const std::string& srcFilename, const std::string& destFilename) {
-    LOG_TRACE(Common_Filesystem, "{} --> {}", srcFilename, destFilename);
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    if (CopyFileW(Common::UTF8ToUTF16W(srcFilename).c_str(),
-                  Common::UTF8ToUTF16W(destFilename).c_str(), FALSE))
-        return true;
-
-    LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "failed {} --> {}: {}", srcFilename, destFilename,
-              GetLastErrorMsg());
-    return false;
-#else
-    using CFilePointer = std::unique_ptr<FILE, decltype(&std::fclose)>;
-
-    // Open input file
-    CFilePointer input{fopen(srcFilename.c_str(), "rb"), std::fclose};
-    if (!input) {
-        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "opening input failed {} --> {}: {}", srcFilename,
-                  destFilename, GetLastErrorMsg());
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    // open output file
-    CFilePointer output{fopen(destFilename.c_str(), "wb"), std::fclose};
-    if (!output) {
-        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "opening output failed {} --> {}: {}", srcFilename,
-                  destFilename, GetLastErrorMsg());
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    // copy loop
-    std::array<char, 1024> buffer;
-    while (!feof(input.get())) {
-        // read input
-        std::size_t rnum = fread(buffer.data(), sizeof(char), buffer.size(), input.get());
-        if (rnum != buffer.size()) {
-            if (ferror(input.get()) != 0) {
-                LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "failed reading from source, {} --> {}: {}",
-                          srcFilename, destFilename, GetLastErrorMsg());
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-
-        // write output
-        std::size_t wnum = fwrite(buffer.data(), sizeof(char), rnum, output.get());
-        if (wnum != rnum) {
-            LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "failed writing to output, {} --> {}: {}", srcFilename,
-                      destFilename, GetLastErrorMsg());
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return true;
-#endif
-}
-
-u64 GetSize(const std::string& filename) {
-    if (!Exists(filename)) {
-        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "failed {}: No such file", filename);
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    if (IsDirectory(filename)) {
-        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "failed {}: is a directory", filename);
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    struct stat buf;
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    if (_wstat64(Common::UTF8ToUTF16W(filename).c_str(), &buf) == 0)
-#else
-    if (stat(filename.c_str(), &buf) == 0)
-#endif
-    {
-        LOG_TRACE(Common_Filesystem, "{}: {}", filename, buf.st_size);
-        return buf.st_size;
-    }
-
-    LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Stat failed {}: {}", filename, GetLastErrorMsg());
-    return 0;
-}
-
-u64 GetSize(const int fd) {
-    struct stat buf;
-    if (fstat(fd, &buf) != 0) {
-        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "GetSize: stat failed {}: {}", fd, GetLastErrorMsg());
-        return 0;
-    }
-    return buf.st_size;
-}
-
-u64 GetSize(FILE* f) {
-    // can't use off_t here because it can be 32-bit
-    u64 pos = ftello(f);
-    if (fseeko(f, 0, SEEK_END) != 0) {
-        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "GetSize: seek failed {}: {}", fmt::ptr(f), GetLastErrorMsg());
-        return 0;
-    }
-    u64 size = ftello(f);
-    if ((size != pos) && (fseeko(f, pos, SEEK_SET) != 0)) {
-        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "GetSize: seek failed {}: {}", fmt::ptr(f), GetLastErrorMsg());
-        return 0;
-    }
-    return size;
-}
-
-bool CreateEmptyFile(const std::string& filename) {
-    LOG_TRACE(Common_Filesystem, "{}", filename);
-
-    if (!IOFile(filename, "wb").IsOpen()) {
-        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "failed {}: {}", filename, GetLastErrorMsg());
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-bool ForeachDirectoryEntry(u64* num_entries_out, const std::string& directory,
-                           DirectoryEntryCallable callback) {
-    LOG_TRACE(Common_Filesystem, "directory {}", directory);
-
-    // How many files + directories we found
-    u64 found_entries = 0;
-
-    // Save the status of callback function
-    bool callback_error = false;
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    // Find the first file in the directory.
-    WIN32_FIND_DATAW ffd;
-
-    HANDLE handle_find = FindFirstFileW(Common::UTF8ToUTF16W(directory + "\\*").c_str(), &ffd);
-    if (handle_find == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-        FindClose(handle_find);
-        return false;
-    }
-    // windows loop
-    do {
-        const std::string virtual_name(Common::UTF16ToUTF8(ffd.cFileName));
-#else
-    DIR* dirp = opendir(directory.c_str());
-    if (!dirp)
-        return false;
-
-    // non windows loop
-    while (struct dirent* result = readdir(dirp)) {
-        const std::string virtual_name(result->d_name);
-#endif
-
-        if (virtual_name == "." || virtual_name == "..")
-            continue;
-
-        u64 ret_entries = 0;
-        if (!callback(&ret_entries, directory, virtual_name)) {
-            callback_error = true;
-            break;
-        }
-        found_entries += ret_entries;
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    } while (FindNextFileW(handle_find, &ffd) != 0);
-    FindClose(handle_find);
-#else
-    }
-    closedir(dirp);
-#endif
-
-    if (callback_error)
-        return false;
-
-    // num_entries_out is allowed to be specified nullptr, in which case we shouldn't try to set it
-    if (num_entries_out != nullptr)
-        *num_entries_out = found_entries;
-    return true;
-}
-
-u64 ScanDirectoryTree(const std::string& directory, FSTEntry& parent_entry,
-                      unsigned int recursion) {
-    const auto callback = [recursion, &parent_entry](u64* num_entries_out,
-                                                     const std::string& directory,
-                                                     const std::string& virtual_name) -> bool {
-        FSTEntry entry;
-        entry.virtualName = virtual_name;
-        entry.physicalName = directory + DIR_SEP + virtual_name;
-
-        if (IsDirectory(entry.physicalName)) {
-            entry.isDirectory = true;
-            // is a directory, lets go inside if we didn't recurse to often
-            if (recursion > 0) {
-                entry.size = ScanDirectoryTree(entry.physicalName, entry, recursion - 1);
-                *num_entries_out += entry.size;
-            } else {
-                entry.size = 0;
-            }
-        } else { // is a file
-            entry.isDirectory = false;
-            entry.size = GetSize(entry.physicalName);
-        }
-        (*num_entries_out)++;
-
-        // Push into the tree
-        parent_entry.children.push_back(std::move(entry));
-        return true;
-    };
-
-    u64 num_entries;
-    return ForeachDirectoryEntry(&num_entries, directory, callback) ? num_entries : 0;
-}
-
-bool DeleteDirRecursively(const std::string& directory, unsigned int recursion) {
-    const auto callback = [recursion](u64*, const std::string& directory,
-                                      const std::string& virtual_name) {
-        const std::string new_path = directory + DIR_SEP_CHR + virtual_name;
-
-        if (IsDirectory(new_path)) {
-            if (recursion == 0) {
-                return false;
-            }
-            return DeleteDirRecursively(new_path, recursion - 1);
-        }
-        return Delete(new_path);
-    };
-
-    if (!ForeachDirectoryEntry(nullptr, directory, callback))
-        return false;
-
-    // Delete the outermost directory
-    DeleteDir(directory);
-    return true;
-}
-
-void CopyDir([[maybe_unused]] const std::string& source_path,
-             [[maybe_unused]] const std::string& dest_path) {
-#ifndef _WIN32
-    if (source_path == dest_path) {
-        return;
-    }
-    if (!Exists(source_path)) {
-        return;
-    }
-    if (!Exists(dest_path)) {
-        CreateFullPath(dest_path);
-    }
-
-    DIR* dirp = opendir(source_path.c_str());
-    if (!dirp) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    while (struct dirent* result = readdir(dirp)) {
-        const std::string virtualName(result->d_name);
-        // check for "." and ".."
-        if (((virtualName[0] == '.') && (virtualName[1] == '\0')) ||
-            ((virtualName[0] == '.') && (virtualName[1] == '.') && (virtualName[2] == '\0'))) {
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        std::string source, dest;
-        source = source_path + virtualName;
-        dest = dest_path + virtualName;
-        if (IsDirectory(source)) {
-            source += '/';
-            dest += '/';
-            if (!Exists(dest)) {
-                CreateFullPath(dest);
-            }
-            CopyDir(source, dest);
-        } else if (!Exists(dest)) {
-            Copy(source, dest);
-        }
-    }
-    closedir(dirp);
-#endif
-}
-
-std::optional<std::string> GetCurrentDir() {
-// Get the current working directory (getcwd uses malloc)
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    wchar_t* dir = _wgetcwd(nullptr, 0);
-    if (!dir) {
-#else
-    char* dir = getcwd(nullptr, 0);
-    if (!dir) {
-#endif
-        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "GetCurrentDirectory failed: {}", GetLastErrorMsg());
-        return std::nullopt;
-    }
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    std::string strDir = Common::UTF16ToUTF8(dir);
-#else
-    std::string strDir = dir;
-#endif
-    free(dir);
-    return strDir;
-}
-
-bool SetCurrentDir(const std::string& directory) {
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    return _wchdir(Common::UTF8ToUTF16W(directory).c_str()) == 0;
-#else
-    return chdir(directory.c_str()) == 0;
-#endif
-}
-
-#if defined(__APPLE__)
-std::string GetBundleDirectory() {
-    CFURLRef BundleRef;
-    char AppBundlePath[MAXPATHLEN];
-    // Get the main bundle for the app
-    BundleRef = CFBundleCopyBundleURL(CFBundleGetMainBundle());
-    CFStringRef BundlePath = CFURLCopyFileSystemPath(BundleRef, kCFURLPOSIXPathStyle);
-    CFStringGetFileSystemRepresentation(BundlePath, AppBundlePath, sizeof(AppBundlePath));
-    CFRelease(BundleRef);
-    CFRelease(BundlePath);
-
-    return AppBundlePath;
-}
-#endif
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-const std::string& GetExeDirectory() {
-    static std::string exe_path;
-    if (exe_path.empty()) {
-        wchar_t wchar_exe_path[2048];
-        GetModuleFileNameW(nullptr, wchar_exe_path, 2048);
-        exe_path = Common::UTF16ToUTF8(wchar_exe_path);
-        exe_path = exe_path.substr(0, exe_path.find_last_of('\\'));
-    }
-    return exe_path;
-}
-
-std::string AppDataRoamingDirectory() {
-    PWSTR pw_local_path = nullptr;
-    // Only supported by Windows Vista or later
-    SHGetKnownFolderPath(FOLDERID_RoamingAppData, 0, nullptr, &pw_local_path);
-    std::string local_path = Common::UTF16ToUTF8(pw_local_path);
-    CoTaskMemFree(pw_local_path);
-    return local_path;
-}
-#else
-/**
- * @return The user’s home directory on POSIX systems
- */
-static const std::string& GetHomeDirectory() {
-    static std::string home_path;
-    if (home_path.empty()) {
-        const char* envvar = getenv("HOME");
-        if (envvar) {
-            home_path = envvar;
-        } else {
-            auto pw = getpwuid(getuid());
-            ASSERT_MSG(pw,
-                       "$HOME isn’t defined, and the current user can’t be found in /etc/passwd.");
-            home_path = pw->pw_dir;
-        }
-    }
-    return home_path;
-}
-
-/**
- * Follows the XDG Base Directory Specification to get a directory path
- * @param envvar The XDG environment variable to get the value from
- * @return The directory path
- * @sa http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
- */
-static const std::string GetUserDirectory(const std::string& envvar) {
-    const char* directory = getenv(envvar.c_str());
-
-    std::string user_dir;
-    if (directory) {
-        user_dir = directory;
-    } else {
-        std::string subdirectory;
-        if (envvar == "XDG_DATA_HOME")
-            subdirectory = DIR_SEP ".local" DIR_SEP "share";
-        else if (envvar == "XDG_CONFIG_HOME")
-            subdirectory = DIR_SEP ".config";
-        else if (envvar == "XDG_CACHE_HOME")
-            subdirectory = DIR_SEP ".cache";
-        else
-            ASSERT_MSG(false, "Unknown XDG variable {}.", envvar);
-        user_dir = GetHomeDirectory() + subdirectory;
-    }
-
-    ASSERT_MSG(!user_dir.empty(), "User directory {} mustn’t be empty.", envvar);
-    ASSERT_MSG(user_dir[0] == '/', "User directory {} must be absolute.", envvar);
-
-    return user_dir;
-}
-#endif
-
-std::string GetSysDirectory() {
-    std::string sysDir;
-
-#if defined(__APPLE__)
-    sysDir = GetBundleDirectory();
-    sysDir += DIR_SEP;
-    sysDir += SYSDATA_DIR;
-#else
-    sysDir = SYSDATA_DIR;
-#endif
-    sysDir += DIR_SEP;
-
-    LOG_DEBUG(Common_Filesystem, "Setting to {}:", sysDir);
-    return sysDir;
-}
-
-const std::string& GetUserPath(UserPath path, const std::string& new_path) {
-    static std::unordered_map<UserPath, std::string> paths;
-    auto& user_path = paths[UserPath::UserDir];
-
-    // Set up all paths and files on the first run
-    if (user_path.empty()) {
-#ifdef _WIN32
-        user_path = GetExeDirectory() + DIR_SEP USERDATA_DIR DIR_SEP;
-        if (!IsDirectory(user_path)) {
-            user_path = AppDataRoamingDirectory() + DIR_SEP EMU_DATA_DIR DIR_SEP;
-        } else {
-            LOG_INFO(Common_Filesystem, "Using the local user directory");
-        }
-
-        paths.emplace(UserPath::ConfigDir, user_path + CONFIG_DIR DIR_SEP);
-        paths.emplace(UserPath::CacheDir, user_path + CACHE_DIR DIR_SEP);
-#else
-        if (Exists(ROOT_DIR DIR_SEP USERDATA_DIR)) {
-            user_path = ROOT_DIR DIR_SEP USERDATA_DIR DIR_SEP;
-            paths.emplace(UserPath::ConfigDir, user_path + CONFIG_DIR DIR_SEP);
-            paths.emplace(UserPath::CacheDir, user_path + CACHE_DIR DIR_SEP);
-        } else {
-            std::string data_dir = GetUserDirectory("XDG_DATA_HOME");
-            std::string config_dir = GetUserDirectory("XDG_CONFIG_HOME");
-            std::string cache_dir = GetUserDirectory("XDG_CACHE_HOME");
-
-            user_path = data_dir + DIR_SEP EMU_DATA_DIR DIR_SEP;
-            paths.emplace(UserPath::ConfigDir, config_dir + DIR_SEP EMU_DATA_DIR DIR_SEP);
-            paths.emplace(UserPath::CacheDir, cache_dir + DIR_SEP EMU_DATA_DIR DIR_SEP);
-        }
-#endif
-        paths.emplace(UserPath::SDMCDir, user_path + SDMC_DIR DIR_SEP);
-        paths.emplace(UserPath::NANDDir, user_path + NAND_DIR DIR_SEP);
-        paths.emplace(UserPath::LoadDir, user_path + LOAD_DIR DIR_SEP);
-        paths.emplace(UserPath::DumpDir, user_path + DUMP_DIR DIR_SEP);
-        paths.emplace(UserPath::ScreenshotsDir, user_path + SCREENSHOTS_DIR DIR_SEP);
-        paths.emplace(UserPath::ShaderDir, user_path + SHADER_DIR DIR_SEP);
-        paths.emplace(UserPath::SysDataDir, user_path + SYSDATA_DIR DIR_SEP);
-        paths.emplace(UserPath::KeysDir, user_path + KEYS_DIR DIR_SEP);
-        // TODO: Put the logs in a better location for each OS
-        paths.emplace(UserPath::LogDir, user_path + LOG_DIR DIR_SEP);
-    }
-
-    if (!new_path.empty()) {
-        if (!IsDirectory(new_path)) {
-            LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Invalid path specified {}", new_path);
-            return paths[path];
-        } else {
-            paths[path] = new_path;
-        }
-
-        switch (path) {
-        case UserPath::RootDir:
-            user_path = paths[UserPath::RootDir] + DIR_SEP;
-            break;
-        case UserPath::UserDir:
-            user_path = paths[UserPath::RootDir] + DIR_SEP;
-            paths[UserPath::ConfigDir] = user_path + CONFIG_DIR DIR_SEP;
-            paths[UserPath::CacheDir] = user_path + CACHE_DIR DIR_SEP;
-            paths[UserPath::SDMCDir] = user_path + SDMC_DIR DIR_SEP;
-            paths[UserPath::NANDDir] = user_path + NAND_DIR DIR_SEP;
-            break;
-        default:
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    return paths[path];
-}
-
-std::string GetHactoolConfigurationPath() {
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    PWSTR pw_local_path = nullptr;
-    if (SHGetKnownFolderPath(FOLDERID_Profile, 0, nullptr, &pw_local_path) != S_OK)
-        return "";
-    std::string local_path = Common::UTF16ToUTF8(pw_local_path);
-    CoTaskMemFree(pw_local_path);
-    return local_path + "\\.switch";
-#else
-    return GetHomeDirectory() + "/.switch";
-#endif
-}
-
-std::string GetNANDRegistrationDir(bool system) {
-    if (system)
-        return GetUserPath(UserPath::NANDDir) + "system/Contents/registered/";
-    return GetUserPath(UserPath::NANDDir) + "user/Contents/registered/";
-}
-
-std::size_t WriteStringToFile(bool text_file, const std::string& filename, std::string_view str) {
-    return IOFile(filename, text_file ? "w" : "wb").WriteString(str);
-}
-
-std::size_t ReadFileToString(bool text_file, const std::string& filename, std::string& str) {
-    IOFile file(filename, text_file ? "r" : "rb");
-
-    if (!file.IsOpen())
-        return 0;
-
-    str.resize(static_cast<u32>(file.GetSize()));
-    return file.ReadArray(&str[0], str.size());
-}
-
-void SplitFilename83(const std::string& filename, std::array<char, 9>& short_name,
-                     std::array<char, 4>& extension) {
-    static constexpr std::string_view forbidden_characters = ".\"/\\[]:;=, ";
-
-    // On a FAT32 partition, 8.3 names are stored as a 11 bytes array, filled with spaces.
-    short_name = {{' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', '\0'}};
-    extension = {{' ', ' ', ' ', '\0'}};
-
-    auto point = filename.rfind('.');
-    if (point == filename.size() - 1) {
-        point = filename.rfind('.', point);
-    }
-
-    // Get short name.
-    int j = 0;
-    for (char letter : filename.substr(0, point)) {
-        if (forbidden_characters.find(letter, 0) != std::string::npos) {
-            continue;
-        }
-        if (j == 8) {
-            // TODO(Link Mauve): also do that for filenames containing a space.
-            // TODO(Link Mauve): handle multiple files having the same short name.
-            short_name[6] = '~';
-            short_name[7] = '1';
-            break;
-        }
-        short_name[j++] = static_cast<char>(std::toupper(letter));
-    }
-
-    // Get extension.
-    if (point != std::string::npos) {
-        j = 0;
-        for (char letter : filename.substr(point + 1, 3)) {
-            extension[j++] = static_cast<char>(std::toupper(letter));
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-std::vector<std::string> SplitPathComponents(std::string_view filename) {
-    std::string copy(filename);
-    std::replace(copy.begin(), copy.end(), '\\', '/');
-    std::vector<std::string> out;
-
-    std::stringstream stream(copy);
-    std::string item;
-    while (std::getline(stream, item, '/')) {
-        out.push_back(std::move(item));
-    }
-
-    return out;
-}
-
-std::string_view GetParentPath(std::string_view path) {
-    const auto name_bck_index = path.rfind('\\');
-    const auto name_fwd_index = path.rfind('/');
-    std::size_t name_index;
-
-    if (name_bck_index == std::string_view::npos || name_fwd_index == std::string_view::npos) {
-        name_index = std::min(name_bck_index, name_fwd_index);
-    } else {
-        name_index = std::max(name_bck_index, name_fwd_index);
-    }
-
-    return path.substr(0, name_index);
-}
-
-std::string_view GetPathWithoutTop(std::string_view path) {
-    if (path.empty()) {
-        return path;
-    }
-
-    while (path[0] == '\\' || path[0] == '/') {
-        path.remove_prefix(1);
-        if (path.empty()) {
-            return path;
-        }
-    }
-
-    const auto name_bck_index = path.find('\\');
-    const auto name_fwd_index = path.find('/');
-    return path.substr(std::min(name_bck_index, name_fwd_index) + 1);
-}
-
-std::string_view GetFilename(std::string_view path) {
-    const auto name_index = path.find_last_of("\\/");
-
-    if (name_index == std::string_view::npos) {
-        return {};
-    }
-
-    return path.substr(name_index + 1);
-}
-
-std::string_view GetExtensionFromFilename(std::string_view name) {
-    const std::size_t index = name.rfind('.');
-
-    if (index == std::string_view::npos) {
-        return {};
-    }
-
-    return name.substr(index + 1);
-}
-
-std::string_view RemoveTrailingSlash(std::string_view path) {
-    if (path.empty()) {
-        return path;
-    }
-
-    if (path.back() == '\\' || path.back() == '/') {
-        path.remove_suffix(1);
-        return path;
-    }
-
-    return path;
-}
-
-std::string SanitizePath(std::string_view path_, DirectorySeparator directory_separator) {
-    std::string path(path_);
-    char type1 = directory_separator == DirectorySeparator::BackwardSlash ? '/' : '\\';
-    char type2 = directory_separator == DirectorySeparator::BackwardSlash ? '\\' : '/';
-
-    if (directory_separator == DirectorySeparator::PlatformDefault) {
-#ifdef _WIN32
-        type1 = '/';
-        type2 = '\\';
-#endif
-    }
-
-    std::replace(path.begin(), path.end(), type1, type2);
-
-    auto start = path.begin();
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    // allow network paths which start with a double backslash (e.g. \\server\share)
-    if (start != path.end())
-        ++start;
-#endif
-    path.erase(std::unique(start, path.end(),
-                           [type2](char c1, char c2) { return c1 == type2 && c2 == type2; }),
-               path.end());
-    return std::string(RemoveTrailingSlash(path));
-}
-
-IOFile::IOFile() = default;
-
-IOFile::IOFile(const std::string& filename, const char openmode[], int flags) {
-    void(Open(filename, openmode, flags));
-}
-
-IOFile::~IOFile() {
-    Close();
-}
-
-IOFile::IOFile(IOFile&& other) noexcept {
-    Swap(other);
-}
-
-IOFile& IOFile::operator=(IOFile&& other) noexcept {
-    Swap(other);
-    return *this;
-}
-
-void IOFile::Swap(IOFile& other) noexcept {
-    std::swap(m_file, other.m_file);
-}
-
-bool IOFile::Open(const std::string& filename, const char openmode[], int flags) {
-    Close();
-    bool m_good;
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    if (flags != 0) {
-        m_file = _wfsopen(Common::UTF8ToUTF16W(filename).c_str(),
-                          Common::UTF8ToUTF16W(openmode).c_str(), flags);
-        m_good = m_file != nullptr;
-    } else {
-        m_good = _wfopen_s(&m_file, Common::UTF8ToUTF16W(filename).c_str(),
-                           Common::UTF8ToUTF16W(openmode).c_str()) == 0;
-    }
-#else
-    m_file = std::fopen(filename.c_str(), openmode);
-    m_good = m_file != nullptr;
-#endif
-
-    return m_good;
-}
-
-bool IOFile::Close() {
-    if (!IsOpen() || 0 != std::fclose(m_file)) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    m_file = nullptr;
-    return true;
-}
-
-u64 IOFile::GetSize() const {
-    if (IsOpen()) {
-        return FS::GetSize(m_file);
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-
-bool IOFile::Seek(s64 off, int origin) const {
-    return IsOpen() && 0 == fseeko(m_file, off, origin);
-}
-
-u64 IOFile::Tell() const {
-    if (IsOpen()) {
-        return ftello(m_file);
-    }
-    return std::numeric_limits<u64>::max();
-}
-
-bool IOFile::Flush() {
-    return IsOpen() && 0 == std::fflush(m_file);
-}
-
-std::size_t IOFile::ReadImpl(void* data, std::size_t length, std::size_t data_size) const {
-    if (!IsOpen()) {
-        return std::numeric_limits<std::size_t>::max();
-    }
-
-    if (length == 0) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    DEBUG_ASSERT(data != nullptr);
-
-    return std::fread(data, data_size, length, m_file);
-}
-
-std::size_t IOFile::WriteImpl(const void* data, std::size_t length, std::size_t data_size) {
-    if (!IsOpen()) {
-        return std::numeric_limits<std::size_t>::max();
-    }
-
-    if (length == 0) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    DEBUG_ASSERT(data != nullptr);
-
-    return std::fwrite(data, data_size, length, m_file);
-}
-
-bool IOFile::Resize(u64 size) {
-    return IsOpen() && 0 ==
-#ifdef _WIN32
-                           // ector: _chsize sucks, not 64-bit safe
-                           // F|RES: changed to _chsize_s. i think it is 64-bit safe
-                           _chsize_s(_fileno(m_file), size)
-#else
-                           // TODO: handle 64bit and growing
-                           ftruncate(fileno(m_file), size)
-#endif
-        ;
-}
-
-} // namespace Common::FS
diff --git a/src/common/file_util.h b/src/common/file_util.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 840cde2a6..000000000
--- a/src/common/file_util.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,298 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2013 Dolphin Emulator Project / 2014 Citra Emulator Project
-// Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
-// Refer to the license.txt file included.
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include <array>
-#include <cstdio>
-#include <fstream>
-#include <functional>
-#include <limits>
-#include <optional>
-#include <string>
-#include <string_view>
-#include <type_traits>
-#include <vector>
-#include "common/common_types.h"
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#include "common/string_util.h"
-#endif
-
-namespace Common::FS {
-
-// User paths for GetUserPath
-enum class UserPath {
-    CacheDir,
-    ConfigDir,
-    KeysDir,
-    LogDir,
-    NANDDir,
-    RootDir,
-    SDMCDir,
-    LoadDir,
-    DumpDir,
-    ScreenshotsDir,
-    ShaderDir,
-    SysDataDir,
-    UserDir,
-};
-
-// FileSystem tree node/
-struct FSTEntry {
-    bool isDirectory;
-    u64 size;                 // file length or number of entries from children
-    std::string physicalName; // name on disk
-    std::string virtualName;  // name in FST names table
-    std::vector<FSTEntry> children;
-};
-
-// Returns true if file filename exists
-[[nodiscard]] bool Exists(const std::string& filename);
-
-// Returns true if filename is a directory
-[[nodiscard]] bool IsDirectory(const std::string& filename);
-
-// Returns the size of filename (64bit)
-[[nodiscard]] u64 GetSize(const std::string& filename);
-
-// Overloaded GetSize, accepts file descriptor
-[[nodiscard]] u64 GetSize(int fd);
-
-// Overloaded GetSize, accepts FILE*
-[[nodiscard]] u64 GetSize(FILE* f);
-
-// Returns true if successful, or path already exists.
-bool CreateDir(const std::string& filename);
-
-// Creates the full path of fullPath returns true on success
-bool CreateFullPath(const std::string& fullPath);
-
-// Deletes a given filename, return true on success
-// Doesn't supports deleting a directory
-bool Delete(const std::string& filename);
-
-// Deletes a directory filename, returns true on success
-bool DeleteDir(const std::string& filename);
-
-// renames file srcFilename to destFilename, returns true on success
-bool Rename(const std::string& srcFilename, const std::string& destFilename);
-
-// copies file srcFilename to destFilename, returns true on success
-bool Copy(const std::string& srcFilename, const std::string& destFilename);
-
-// creates an empty file filename, returns true on success
-bool CreateEmptyFile(const std::string& filename);
-
-/**
- * @param num_entries_out to be assigned by the callable with the number of iterated directory
- * entries, never null
- * @param directory the path to the enclosing directory
- * @param virtual_name the entry name, without any preceding directory info
- * @return whether handling the entry succeeded
- */
-using DirectoryEntryCallable = std::function<bool(
-    u64* num_entries_out, const std::string& directory, const std::string& virtual_name)>;
-
-/**
- * Scans a directory, calling the callback for each file/directory contained within.
- * If the callback returns failure, scanning halts and this function returns failure as well
- * @param num_entries_out assigned by the function with the number of iterated directory entries,
- * can be null
- * @param directory the directory to scan
- * @param callback The callback which will be called for each entry
- * @return whether scanning the directory succeeded
- */
-bool ForeachDirectoryEntry(u64* num_entries_out, const std::string& directory,
-                           DirectoryEntryCallable callback);
-
-/**
- * Scans the directory tree, storing the results.
- * @param directory the parent directory to start scanning from
- * @param parent_entry FSTEntry where the filesystem tree results will be stored.
- * @param recursion Number of children directories to read before giving up.
- * @return the total number of files/directories found
- */
-u64 ScanDirectoryTree(const std::string& directory, FSTEntry& parent_entry,
-                      unsigned int recursion = 0);
-
-// deletes the given directory and anything under it. Returns true on success.
-bool DeleteDirRecursively(const std::string& directory, unsigned int recursion = 256);
-
-// Returns the current directory
-[[nodiscard]] std::optional<std::string> GetCurrentDir();
-
-// Create directory and copy contents (does not overwrite existing files)
-void CopyDir(const std::string& source_path, const std::string& dest_path);
-
-// Set the current directory to given directory
-bool SetCurrentDir(const std::string& directory);
-
-// Returns a pointer to a string with a yuzu data dir in the user's home
-// directory. To be used in "multi-user" mode (that is, installed).
-const std::string& GetUserPath(UserPath path, const std::string& new_path = "");
-
-[[nodiscard]] std::string GetHactoolConfigurationPath();
-
-[[nodiscard]] std::string GetNANDRegistrationDir(bool system = false);
-
-// Returns the path to where the sys file are
-[[nodiscard]] std::string GetSysDirectory();
-
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-[[nodiscard]] std::string GetBundleDirectory();
-#endif
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-[[nodiscard]] const std::string& GetExeDirectory();
-[[nodiscard]] std::string AppDataRoamingDirectory();
-#endif
-
-std::size_t WriteStringToFile(bool text_file, const std::string& filename, std::string_view str);
-
-std::size_t ReadFileToString(bool text_file, const std::string& filename, std::string& str);
-
-/**
- * Splits the filename into 8.3 format
- * Loosely implemented following https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8.3_filename
- * @param filename The normal filename to use
- * @param short_name A 9-char array in which the short name will be written
- * @param extension A 4-char array in which the extension will be written
- */
-void SplitFilename83(const std::string& filename, std::array<char, 9>& short_name,
-                     std::array<char, 4>& extension);
-
-// Splits the path on '/' or '\' and put the components into a vector
-// i.e. "C:\Users\Yuzu\Documents\save.bin" becomes {"C:", "Users", "Yuzu", "Documents", "save.bin" }
-[[nodiscard]] std::vector<std::string> SplitPathComponents(std::string_view filename);
-
-// Gets all of the text up to the last '/' or '\' in the path.
-[[nodiscard]] std::string_view GetParentPath(std::string_view path);
-
-// Gets all of the text after the first '/' or '\' in the path.
-[[nodiscard]] std::string_view GetPathWithoutTop(std::string_view path);
-
-// Gets the filename of the path
-[[nodiscard]] std::string_view GetFilename(std::string_view path);
-
-// Gets the extension of the filename
-[[nodiscard]] std::string_view GetExtensionFromFilename(std::string_view name);
-
-// Removes the final '/' or '\' if one exists
-[[nodiscard]] std::string_view RemoveTrailingSlash(std::string_view path);
-
-// Creates a new vector containing indices [first, last) from the original.
-template <typename T>
-[[nodiscard]] std::vector<T> SliceVector(const std::vector<T>& vector, std::size_t first,
-                                         std::size_t last) {
-    if (first >= last) {
-        return {};
-    }
-    last = std::min<std::size_t>(last, vector.size());
-    return std::vector<T>(vector.begin() + first, vector.begin() + first + last);
-}
-
-enum class DirectorySeparator {
-    ForwardSlash,
-    BackwardSlash,
-    PlatformDefault,
-};
-
-// Removes trailing slash, makes all '\\' into '/', and removes duplicate '/'. Makes '/' into '\\'
-// depending if directory_separator is BackwardSlash or PlatformDefault and running on windows
-[[nodiscard]] std::string SanitizePath(
-    std::string_view path,
-    DirectorySeparator directory_separator = DirectorySeparator::ForwardSlash);
-
-// To deal with Windows being dumb at Unicode
-template <typename T>
-void OpenFStream(T& fstream, const std::string& filename, std::ios_base::openmode openmode) {
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-    fstream.open(Common::UTF8ToUTF16W(filename), openmode);
-#else
-    fstream.open(filename, openmode);
-#endif
-}
-
-// simple wrapper for cstdlib file functions to
-// hopefully will make error checking easier
-// and make forgetting an fclose() harder
-class IOFile : public NonCopyable {
-public:
-    IOFile();
-    // flags is used for windows specific file open mode flags, which
-    // allows yuzu to open the logs in shared write mode, so that the file
-    // isn't considered "locked" while yuzu is open and people can open the log file and view it
-    IOFile(const std::string& filename, const char openmode[], int flags = 0);
-
-    ~IOFile();
-
-    IOFile(IOFile&& other) noexcept;
-    IOFile& operator=(IOFile&& other) noexcept;
-
-    void Swap(IOFile& other) noexcept;
-
-    bool Open(const std::string& filename, const char openmode[], int flags = 0);
-    bool Close();
-
-    template <typename T>
-    std::size_t ReadArray(T* data, std::size_t length) const {
-        static_assert(std::is_trivially_copyable_v<T>,
-                      "Given array does not consist of trivially copyable objects");
-
-        return ReadImpl(data, length, sizeof(T));
-    }
-
-    template <typename T>
-    std::size_t WriteArray(const T* data, std::size_t length) {
-        static_assert(std::is_trivially_copyable_v<T>,
-                      "Given array does not consist of trivially copyable objects");
-
-        return WriteImpl(data, length, sizeof(T));
-    }
-
-    template <typename T>
-    std::size_t ReadBytes(T* data, std::size_t length) const {
-        static_assert(std::is_trivially_copyable_v<T>, "T must be trivially copyable");
-        return ReadArray(reinterpret_cast<char*>(data), length);
-    }
-
-    template <typename T>
-    std::size_t WriteBytes(const T* data, std::size_t length) {
-        static_assert(std::is_trivially_copyable_v<T>, "T must be trivially copyable");
-        return WriteArray(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data), length);
-    }
-
-    template <typename T>
-    std::size_t WriteObject(const T& object) {
-        static_assert(!std::is_pointer_v<T>, "WriteObject arguments must not be a pointer");
-        return WriteArray(&object, 1);
-    }
-
-    std::size_t WriteString(std::string_view str) {
-        return WriteArray(str.data(), str.length());
-    }
-
-    [[nodiscard]] bool IsOpen() const {
-        return nullptr != m_file;
-    }
-
-    bool Seek(s64 off, int origin) const;
-    [[nodiscard]] u64 Tell() const;
-    [[nodiscard]] u64 GetSize() const;
-    bool Resize(u64 size);
-    bool Flush();
-
-    // clear error state
-    void Clear() {
-        std::clearerr(m_file);
-    }
-
-private:
-    std::size_t ReadImpl(void* data, std::size_t length, std::size_t data_size) const;
-    std::size_t WriteImpl(const void* data, std::size_t length, std::size_t data_size);
-
-    std::FILE* m_file = nullptr;
-};
-
-} // namespace Common::FS
diff --git a/src/common/fs/file.cpp b/src/common/fs/file.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f3de1cb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/fs/file.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,392 @@
+// Copyright 2021 yuzu Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#include "common/fs/file.h"
+#include "common/fs/fs.h"
+#include "common/fs/path_util.h"
+#include "common/logging/log.h"
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <io.h>
+#include <share.h>
+#else
+#include <unistd.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#define fileno _fileno
+#define fseeko _fseeki64
+#define ftello _ftelli64
+#endif
+
+namespace Common::FS {
+
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+
+namespace {
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+
+/**
+ * Converts the file access mode and file type enums to a file access mode wide string.
+ *
+ * @param mode File access mode
+ * @param type File type
+ *
+ * @returns A pointer to a wide string representing the file access mode.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] constexpr const wchar_t* AccessModeToWStr(FileAccessMode mode, FileType type) {
+    switch (type) {
+    case FileType::BinaryFile:
+        switch (mode) {
+        case FileAccessMode::Read:
+            return L"rb";
+        case FileAccessMode::Write:
+            return L"wb";
+        case FileAccessMode::Append:
+            return L"ab";
+        case FileAccessMode::ReadWrite:
+            return L"r+b";
+        case FileAccessMode::ReadAppend:
+            return L"a+b";
+        }
+        break;
+    case FileType::TextFile:
+        switch (mode) {
+        case FileAccessMode::Read:
+            return L"r";
+        case FileAccessMode::Write:
+            return L"w";
+        case FileAccessMode::Append:
+            return L"a";
+        case FileAccessMode::ReadWrite:
+            return L"r+";
+        case FileAccessMode::ReadAppend:
+            return L"a+";
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+
+    return L"";
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts the file-share access flag enum to a Windows defined file-share access flag.
+ *
+ * @param flag File-share access flag
+ *
+ * @returns Windows defined file-share access flag.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] constexpr int ToWindowsFileShareFlag(FileShareFlag flag) {
+    switch (flag) {
+    case FileShareFlag::ShareNone:
+    default:
+        return _SH_DENYRW;
+    case FileShareFlag::ShareReadOnly:
+        return _SH_DENYWR;
+    case FileShareFlag::ShareWriteOnly:
+        return _SH_DENYRD;
+    case FileShareFlag::ShareReadWrite:
+        return _SH_DENYNO;
+    }
+}
+
+#else
+
+/**
+ * Converts the file access mode and file type enums to a file access mode string.
+ *
+ * @param mode File access mode
+ * @param type File type
+ *
+ * @returns A pointer to a string representing the file access mode.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] constexpr const char* AccessModeToStr(FileAccessMode mode, FileType type) {
+    switch (type) {
+    case FileType::BinaryFile:
+        switch (mode) {
+        case FileAccessMode::Read:
+            return "rb";
+        case FileAccessMode::Write:
+            return "wb";
+        case FileAccessMode::Append:
+            return "ab";
+        case FileAccessMode::ReadWrite:
+            return "r+b";
+        case FileAccessMode::ReadAppend:
+            return "a+b";
+        }
+        break;
+    case FileType::TextFile:
+        switch (mode) {
+        case FileAccessMode::Read:
+            return "r";
+        case FileAccessMode::Write:
+            return "w";
+        case FileAccessMode::Append:
+            return "a";
+        case FileAccessMode::ReadWrite:
+            return "r+";
+        case FileAccessMode::ReadAppend:
+            return "a+";
+        }
+        break;
+    }
+
+    return "";
+}
+
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Converts the seek origin enum to a seek origin integer.
+ *
+ * @param origin Seek origin
+ *
+ * @returns Seek origin integer.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] constexpr int ToSeekOrigin(SeekOrigin origin) {
+    switch (origin) {
+    case SeekOrigin::SetOrigin:
+    default:
+        return SEEK_SET;
+    case SeekOrigin::CurrentPosition:
+        return SEEK_CUR;
+    case SeekOrigin::End:
+        return SEEK_END;
+    }
+}
+
+} // Anonymous namespace
+
+std::string ReadStringFromFile(const std::filesystem::path& path, FileType type) {
+    if (!IsFile(path)) {
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    IOFile io_file{path, FileAccessMode::Read, type};
+
+    return io_file.ReadString(io_file.GetSize());
+}
+
+size_t WriteStringToFile(const std::filesystem::path& path, FileType type,
+                         std::string_view string) {
+    if (!IsFile(path)) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    IOFile io_file{path, FileAccessMode::Write, type};
+
+    return io_file.WriteString(string);
+}
+
+size_t AppendStringToFile(const std::filesystem::path& path, FileType type,
+                          std::string_view string) {
+    if (!Exists(path)) {
+        return WriteStringToFile(path, type, string);
+    }
+
+    if (!IsFile(path)) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    IOFile io_file{path, FileAccessMode::Append, type};
+
+    return io_file.WriteString(string);
+}
+
+IOFile::IOFile() = default;
+
+IOFile::IOFile(const std::string& path, FileAccessMode mode, FileType type, FileShareFlag flag) {
+    Open(path, mode, type, flag);
+}
+
+IOFile::IOFile(std::string_view path, FileAccessMode mode, FileType type, FileShareFlag flag) {
+    Open(path, mode, type, flag);
+}
+
+IOFile::IOFile(const fs::path& path, FileAccessMode mode, FileType type, FileShareFlag flag) {
+    Open(path, mode, type, flag);
+}
+
+IOFile::~IOFile() {
+    Close();
+}
+
+IOFile::IOFile(IOFile&& other) noexcept {
+    std::swap(file_path, other.file_path);
+    std::swap(file_access_mode, other.file_access_mode);
+    std::swap(file_type, other.file_type);
+    std::swap(file, other.file);
+}
+
+IOFile& IOFile::operator=(IOFile&& other) noexcept {
+    std::swap(file_path, other.file_path);
+    std::swap(file_access_mode, other.file_access_mode);
+    std::swap(file_type, other.file_type);
+    std::swap(file, other.file);
+    return *this;
+}
+
+fs::path IOFile::GetPath() const {
+    return file_path;
+}
+
+FileAccessMode IOFile::GetAccessMode() const {
+    return file_access_mode;
+}
+
+FileType IOFile::GetType() const {
+    return file_type;
+}
+
+void IOFile::Open(const fs::path& path, FileAccessMode mode, FileType type, FileShareFlag flag) {
+    Close();
+
+    file_path = path;
+    file_access_mode = mode;
+    file_type = type;
+
+    errno = 0;
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    if (flag != FileShareFlag::ShareNone) {
+        file = _wfsopen(path.c_str(), AccessModeToWStr(mode, type), ToWindowsFileShareFlag(flag));
+    } else {
+        _wfopen_s(&file, path.c_str(), AccessModeToWStr(mode, type));
+    }
+#else
+    file = std::fopen(path.c_str(), AccessModeToStr(mode, type));
+#endif
+
+    if (!IsOpen()) {
+        const auto ec = std::error_code{errno, std::generic_category()};
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Failed to open the file at path={}, ec_message={}",
+                  PathToUTF8String(file_path), ec.message());
+    }
+}
+
+void IOFile::Close() {
+    if (!IsOpen()) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    errno = 0;
+
+    const auto close_result = std::fclose(file) == 0;
+
+    if (!close_result) {
+        const auto ec = std::error_code{errno, std::generic_category()};
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Failed to close the file at path={}, ec_message={}",
+                  PathToUTF8String(file_path), ec.message());
+    }
+
+    file = nullptr;
+}
+
+bool IOFile::IsOpen() const {
+    return file != nullptr;
+}
+
+std::string IOFile::ReadString(size_t length) const {
+    std::vector<char> string_buffer(length);
+
+    const auto chars_read = ReadSpan<char>(string_buffer);
+    const auto string_size = chars_read != length ? chars_read : length;
+
+    return std::string{string_buffer.data(), string_size};
+}
+
+size_t IOFile::WriteString(std::span<const char> string) const {
+    return WriteSpan(string);
+}
+
+bool IOFile::Flush() const {
+    if (!IsOpen()) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    errno = 0;
+
+    const auto flush_result = std::fflush(file) == 0;
+
+    if (!flush_result) {
+        const auto ec = std::error_code{errno, std::generic_category()};
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Failed to flush the file at path={}, ec_message={}",
+                  PathToUTF8String(file_path), ec.message());
+    }
+
+    return flush_result;
+}
+
+bool IOFile::SetSize(u64 size) const {
+    if (!IsOpen()) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    errno = 0;
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    const auto set_size_result = _chsize_s(fileno(file), static_cast<s64>(size)) == 0;
+#else
+    const auto set_size_result = ftruncate(fileno(file), static_cast<s64>(size)) == 0;
+#endif
+
+    if (!set_size_result) {
+        const auto ec = std::error_code{errno, std::generic_category()};
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Failed to resize the file at path={}, size={}, ec_message={}",
+                  PathToUTF8String(file_path), size, ec.message());
+    }
+
+    return set_size_result;
+}
+
+u64 IOFile::GetSize() const {
+    if (!IsOpen()) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    std::error_code ec;
+
+    const auto file_size = fs::file_size(file_path, ec);
+
+    if (ec) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Failed to retrieve the file size of path={}, ec_message={}",
+                  PathToUTF8String(file_path), ec.message());
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    return file_size;
+}
+
+bool IOFile::Seek(s64 offset, SeekOrigin origin) const {
+    if (!IsOpen()) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    errno = 0;
+
+    const auto seek_result = fseeko(file, offset, ToSeekOrigin(origin)) == 0;
+
+    if (!seek_result) {
+        const auto ec = std::error_code{errno, std::generic_category()};
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem,
+                  "Failed to seek the file at path={}, offset={}, origin={}, ec_message={}",
+                  PathToUTF8String(file_path), offset, origin, ec.message());
+    }
+
+    return seek_result;
+}
+
+s64 IOFile::Tell() const {
+    if (!IsOpen()) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    errno = 0;
+
+    return ftello(file);
+}
+
+} // namespace Common::FS
diff --git a/src/common/fs/file.h b/src/common/fs/file.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..209f9664b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/fs/file.h
@@ -0,0 +1,450 @@
+// Copyright 2021 yuzu Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <span>
+#include <type_traits>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "common/concepts.h"
+#include "common/fs/fs_types.h"
+#include "common/fs/fs_util.h"
+
+namespace Common::FS {
+
+enum class SeekOrigin {
+    SetOrigin,       // Seeks from the start of the file.
+    CurrentPosition, // Seeks from the current file pointer position.
+    End,             // Seeks from the end of the file.
+};
+
+/**
+ * Opens a file stream at path with the specified open mode.
+ *
+ * @param file_stream Reference to file stream
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ * @param open_mode File stream open mode
+ */
+template <typename FileStream>
+void OpenFileStream(FileStream& file_stream, const std::filesystem::path& path,
+                    std::ios_base::openmode open_mode) {
+    file_stream.open(path, open_mode);
+}
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename FileStream, typename Path>
+void OpenFileStream(FileStream& file_stream, const Path& path, std::ios_base::openmode open_mode) {
+    if constexpr (IsChar<typename Path::value_type>) {
+        file_stream.open(ToU8String(path), open_mode);
+    } else {
+        file_stream.open(std::filesystem::path{path}, open_mode);
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Reads an entire file at path and returns a string of the contents read from the file.
+ * If the filesystem object at path is not a file, this function returns an empty string.
+ *
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ * @param type File type
+ *
+ * @returns A string of the contents read from the file.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] std::string ReadStringFromFile(const std::filesystem::path& path, FileType type);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path>
+[[nodiscard]] std::string ReadStringFromFile(const Path& path, FileType type) {
+    if constexpr (IsChar<typename Path::value_type>) {
+        return ReadStringFromFile(ToU8String(path), type);
+    } else {
+        return ReadStringFromFile(std::filesystem::path{path}, type);
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Writes a string to a file at path and returns the number of characters successfully written.
+ * If an file already exists at path, its contents will be erased.
+ * If the filesystem object at path is not a file, this function returns 0.
+ *
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ * @param type File type
+ *
+ * @returns Number of characters successfully written.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] size_t WriteStringToFile(const std::filesystem::path& path, FileType type,
+                                       std::string_view string);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path>
+[[nodiscard]] size_t WriteStringToFile(const Path& path, FileType type, std::string_view string) {
+    if constexpr (IsChar<typename Path::value_type>) {
+        return WriteStringToFile(ToU8String(path), type, string);
+    } else {
+        return WriteStringToFile(std::filesystem::path{path}, type, string);
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Appends a string to a file at path and returns the number of characters successfully written.
+ * If a file does not exist at path, WriteStringToFile is called instead.
+ * If the filesystem object at path is not a file, this function returns 0.
+ *
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ * @param type File type
+ *
+ * @returns Number of characters successfully written.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] size_t AppendStringToFile(const std::filesystem::path& path, FileType type,
+                                        std::string_view string);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path>
+[[nodiscard]] size_t AppendStringToFile(const Path& path, FileType type, std::string_view string) {
+    if constexpr (IsChar<typename Path::value_type>) {
+        return AppendStringToFile(ToU8String(path), type, string);
+    } else {
+        return AppendStringToFile(std::filesystem::path{path}, type, string);
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+class IOFile final : NonCopyable {
+public:
+    IOFile();
+
+    explicit IOFile(const std::string& path, FileAccessMode mode,
+                    FileType type = FileType::BinaryFile,
+                    FileShareFlag flag = FileShareFlag::ShareReadOnly);
+
+    explicit IOFile(std::string_view path, FileAccessMode mode,
+                    FileType type = FileType::BinaryFile,
+                    FileShareFlag flag = FileShareFlag::ShareReadOnly);
+
+    /**
+     * An IOFile is a lightweight wrapper on C Library file operations.
+     * Automatically closes an open file on the destruction of an IOFile object.
+     *
+     * @param path Filesystem path
+     * @param mode File access mode
+     * @param type File type, default is BinaryFile. Use TextFile to open the file as a text file
+     * @param flag (Windows only) File-share access flag, default is ShareReadOnly
+     */
+    explicit IOFile(const std::filesystem::path& path, FileAccessMode mode,
+                    FileType type = FileType::BinaryFile,
+                    FileShareFlag flag = FileShareFlag::ShareReadOnly);
+
+    virtual ~IOFile();
+
+    IOFile(IOFile&& other) noexcept;
+    IOFile& operator=(IOFile&& other) noexcept;
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the path of the file.
+     *
+     * @returns The path of the file.
+     */
+    [[nodiscard]] std::filesystem::path GetPath() const;
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the access mode of the file.
+     *
+     * @returns The access mode of the file.
+     */
+    [[nodiscard]] FileAccessMode GetAccessMode() const;
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the type of the file.
+     *
+     * @returns The type of the file.
+     */
+    [[nodiscard]] FileType GetType() const;
+
+    /**
+     * Opens a file at path with the specified file access mode.
+     * This function behaves differently depending on the FileAccessMode.
+     * These behaviors are documented in each enum value of FileAccessMode.
+     *
+     * @param path Filesystem path
+     * @param mode File access mode
+     * @param type File type, default is BinaryFile. Use TextFile to open the file as a text file
+     * @param flag (Windows only) File-share access flag, default is ShareReadOnly
+     */
+    void Open(const std::filesystem::path& path, FileAccessMode mode,
+              FileType type = FileType::BinaryFile,
+              FileShareFlag flag = FileShareFlag::ShareReadOnly);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    template <typename Path>
+    [[nodiscard]] void Open(const Path& path, FileAccessMode mode,
+                            FileType type = FileType::BinaryFile,
+                            FileShareFlag flag = FileShareFlag::ShareReadOnly) {
+        using ValueType = typename Path::value_type;
+        if constexpr (IsChar<ValueType>) {
+            Open(ToU8String(path), mode, type, flag);
+        } else {
+            Open(std::filesystem::path{path}, mode, type, flag);
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+
+    /// Closes the file if it is opened.
+    void Close();
+
+    /**
+     * Checks whether the file is open.
+     * Use this to check whether the calls to Open() or Close() succeeded.
+     *
+     * @returns True if the file is open, false otherwise.
+     */
+    [[nodiscard]] bool IsOpen() const;
+
+    /**
+     * Helper function which deduces the value type of a contiguous STL container used in ReadSpan.
+     * If T is not a contiguous STL container as defined by the concept IsSTLContainer, this calls
+     * ReadObject and T must be a trivially copyable object.
+     *
+     * See ReadSpan for more details if T is a contiguous container.
+     * See ReadObject for more details if T is a trivially copyable object.
+     *
+     * @tparam T Contiguous container or trivially copyable object
+     *
+     * @param data Container of T::value_type data or reference to object
+     *
+     * @returns Count of T::value_type data or objects successfully read.
+     */
+    template <typename T>
+    [[nodiscard]] size_t Read(T& data) const {
+        if constexpr (IsSTLContainer<T>) {
+            using ContiguousType = typename T::value_type;
+            static_assert(std::is_trivially_copyable_v<ContiguousType>,
+                          "Data type must be trivially copyable.");
+            return ReadSpan<ContiguousType>(data);
+        } else {
+            return ReadObject(data) ? 1 : 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Helper function which deduces the value type of a contiguous STL container used in WriteSpan.
+     * If T is not a contiguous STL container as defined by the concept IsSTLContainer, this calls
+     * WriteObject and T must be a trivially copyable object.
+     *
+     * See WriteSpan for more details if T is a contiguous container.
+     * See WriteObject for more details if T is a trivially copyable object.
+     *
+     * @tparam T Contiguous container or trivially copyable object
+     *
+     * @param data Container of T::value_type data or const reference to object
+     *
+     * @returns Count of T::value_type data or objects successfully written.
+     */
+    template <typename T>
+    [[nodiscard]] size_t Write(const T& data) const {
+        if constexpr (IsSTLContainer<T>) {
+            using ContiguousType = typename T::value_type;
+            static_assert(std::is_trivially_copyable_v<ContiguousType>,
+                          "Data type must be trivially copyable.");
+            return WriteSpan<ContiguousType>(data);
+        } else {
+            static_assert(std::is_trivially_copyable_v<T>, "Data type must be trivially copyable.");
+            return WriteObject(data) ? 1 : 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reads a span of T data from a file sequentially.
+     * This function reads from the current position of the file pointer and
+     * advances it by the (count of T * sizeof(T)) bytes successfully read.
+     *
+     * Failures occur when:
+     * - The file is not open
+     * - The opened file lacks read permissions
+     * - Attempting to read beyond the end-of-file
+     *
+     * @tparam T Data type
+     *
+     * @param data Span of T data
+     *
+     * @returns Count of T data successfully read.
+     */
+    template <typename T>
+    [[nodiscard]] size_t ReadSpan(std::span<T> data) const {
+        static_assert(std::is_trivially_copyable_v<T>, "Data type must be trivially copyable.");
+
+        if (!IsOpen()) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        return std::fread(data.data(), sizeof(T), data.size(), file);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Writes a span of T data to a file sequentially.
+     * This function writes from the current position of the file pointer and
+     * advances it by the (count of T * sizeof(T)) bytes successfully written.
+     *
+     * Failures occur when:
+     * - The file is not open
+     * - The opened file lacks write permissions
+     *
+     * @tparam T Data type
+     *
+     * @param data Span of T data
+     *
+     * @returns Count of T data successfully written.
+     */
+    template <typename T>
+    [[nodiscard]] size_t WriteSpan(std::span<const T> data) const {
+        static_assert(std::is_trivially_copyable_v<T>, "Data type must be trivially copyable.");
+
+        if (!IsOpen()) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        return std::fwrite(data.data(), sizeof(T), data.size(), file);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reads a T object from a file sequentially.
+     * This function reads from the current position of the file pointer and
+     * advances it by the sizeof(T) bytes successfully read.
+     *
+     * Failures occur when:
+     * - The file is not open
+     * - The opened file lacks read permissions
+     * - Attempting to read beyond the end-of-file
+     *
+     * @tparam T Data type
+     *
+     * @param object Reference to object
+     *
+     * @returns True if the object is successfully read from the file, false otherwise.
+     */
+    template <typename T>
+    [[nodiscard]] bool ReadObject(T& object) const {
+        static_assert(std::is_trivially_copyable_v<T>, "Data type must be trivially copyable.");
+        static_assert(!std::is_pointer_v<T>, "T must not be a pointer to an object.");
+
+        if (!IsOpen()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return std::fread(&object, sizeof(T), 1, file) == 1;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Writes a T object to a file sequentially.
+     * This function writes from the current position of the file pointer and
+     * advances it by the sizeof(T) bytes successfully written.
+     *
+     * Failures occur when:
+     * - The file is not open
+     * - The opened file lacks write permissions
+     *
+     * @tparam T Data type
+     *
+     * @param object Const reference to object
+     *
+     * @returns True if the object is successfully written to the file, false otherwise.
+     */
+    template <typename T>
+    [[nodiscard]] bool WriteObject(const T& object) const {
+        static_assert(std::is_trivially_copyable_v<T>, "Data type must be trivially copyable.");
+        static_assert(!std::is_pointer_v<T>, "T must not be a pointer to an object.");
+
+        if (!IsOpen()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return std::fwrite(&object, sizeof(T), 1, file) == 1;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Specialized function to read a string of a given length from a file sequentially.
+     * This function writes from the current position of the file pointer and
+     * advances it by the number of characters successfully read.
+     * The size of the returned string may not match length if not all bytes are successfully read.
+     *
+     * @param length Length of the string
+     *
+     * @returns A string read from the file.
+     */
+    [[nodiscard]] std::string ReadString(size_t length) const;
+
+    /**
+     * Specialized function to write a string to a file sequentially.
+     * This function writes from the current position of the file pointer and
+     * advances it by the number of characters successfully written.
+     *
+     * @param string Span of const char backed std::string or std::string_view
+     *
+     * @returns Number of characters successfully written.
+     */
+    [[nodiscard]] size_t WriteString(std::span<const char> string) const;
+
+    /**
+     * Flushes any unwritten buffered data into the file.
+     *
+     * @returns True if the flush was successful, false otherwise.
+     */
+    [[nodiscard]] bool Flush() const;
+
+    /**
+     * Resizes the file to a given size.
+     * If the file is resized to a smaller size, the remainder of the file is discarded.
+     * If the file is resized to a larger size, the new area appears as if zero-filled.
+     *
+     * Failures occur when:
+     * - The file is not open
+     *
+     * @param size File size in bytes
+     *
+     * @returns True if the file resize succeeded, false otherwise.
+     */
+    [[nodiscard]] bool SetSize(u64 size) const;
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the size of the file.
+     *
+     * Failures occur when:
+     * - The file is not open
+     *
+     * @returns The file size in bytes of the file. Returns 0 on failure.
+     */
+    [[nodiscard]] u64 GetSize() const;
+
+    /**
+     * Moves the current position of the file pointer with the specified offset and seek origin.
+     *
+     * @param offset Offset from seek origin
+     * @param origin Seek origin
+     *
+     * @returns True if the file pointer has moved to the specified offset, false otherwise.
+     */
+    [[nodiscard]] bool Seek(s64 offset, SeekOrigin origin = SeekOrigin::SetOrigin) const;
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the current position of the file pointer.
+     *
+     * @returns The current position of the file pointer.
+     */
+    [[nodiscard]] s64 Tell() const;
+
+private:
+    std::filesystem::path file_path;
+    FileAccessMode file_access_mode;
+    FileType file_type;
+
+    std::FILE* file = nullptr;
+};
+
+} // namespace Common::FS
diff --git a/src/common/fs/fs.cpp b/src/common/fs/fs.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d492480d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/fs/fs.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,610 @@
+// Copyright 2021 yuzu Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#include "common/fs/file.h"
+#include "common/fs/fs.h"
+#include "common/fs/path_util.h"
+#include "common/logging/log.h"
+
+namespace Common::FS {
+
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+
+// File Operations
+
+bool NewFile(const fs::path& path, u64 size) {
+    if (!ValidatePath(path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Input path is not valid, path={}", PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (!Exists(path.parent_path())) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Parent directory of path={} does not exist",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (Exists(path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Filesystem object at path={} exists", PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    IOFile io_file{path, FileAccessMode::Write};
+
+    if (!io_file.IsOpen()) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Failed to create a file at path={}", PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (!io_file.SetSize(size)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Failed to resize the file at path={} to size={}",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path), size);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    io_file.Close();
+
+    LOG_DEBUG(Common_Filesystem, "Successfully created a file at path={} with size={}",
+              PathToUTF8String(path), size);
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool RemoveFile(const fs::path& path) {
+    if (!ValidatePath(path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Input path is not valid, path={}", PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (!Exists(path)) {
+        LOG_DEBUG(Common_Filesystem, "Filesystem object at path={} does not exist",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    if (!IsFile(path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Filesystem object at path={} is not a file",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    std::error_code ec;
+
+    fs::remove(path, ec);
+
+    if (ec) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Failed to remove the file at path={}, ec_message={}",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path), ec.message());
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    LOG_DEBUG(Common_Filesystem, "Successfully removed the file at path={}",
+              PathToUTF8String(path));
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool RenameFile(const fs::path& old_path, const fs::path& new_path) {
+    if (!ValidatePath(old_path) || !ValidatePath(new_path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem,
+                  "One or both input path(s) is not valid, old_path={}, new_path={}",
+                  PathToUTF8String(old_path), PathToUTF8String(new_path));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (!Exists(old_path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Filesystem object at old_path={} does not exist",
+                  PathToUTF8String(old_path));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (!IsFile(old_path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Filesystem object at old_path={} is not a file",
+                  PathToUTF8String(old_path));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (Exists(new_path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Filesystem object at new_path={} exists",
+                  PathToUTF8String(new_path));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    std::error_code ec;
+
+    fs::rename(old_path, new_path, ec);
+
+    if (ec) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem,
+                  "Failed to rename the file from old_path={} to new_path={}, ec_message={}",
+                  PathToUTF8String(old_path), PathToUTF8String(new_path), ec.message());
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    LOG_DEBUG(Common_Filesystem, "Successfully renamed the file from old_path={} to new_path={}",
+              PathToUTF8String(old_path), PathToUTF8String(new_path));
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<IOFile> FileOpen(const fs::path& path, FileAccessMode mode, FileType type,
+                                 FileShareFlag flag) {
+    if (!ValidatePath(path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Input path is not valid, path={}", PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    if (!IsFile(path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Filesystem object at path={} is not a file",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    auto io_file = std::make_shared<IOFile>(path, mode, type, flag);
+
+    if (!io_file->IsOpen()) {
+        io_file.reset();
+
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem,
+                  "Failed to open the file at path={} with mode={}, type={}, flag={}",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path), mode, type, flag);
+
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    LOG_DEBUG(Common_Filesystem,
+              "Successfully opened the file at path={} with mode={}, type={}, flag={}",
+              PathToUTF8String(path), mode, type, flag);
+
+    return io_file;
+}
+
+// Directory Operations
+
+bool CreateDir(const fs::path& path) {
+    if (!ValidatePath(path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Input path is not valid, path={}", PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (!Exists(path.parent_path())) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Parent directory of path={} does not exist",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (IsDir(path)) {
+        LOG_DEBUG(Common_Filesystem, "Filesystem object at path={} exists and is a directory",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    std::error_code ec;
+
+    fs::create_directory(path, ec);
+
+    if (ec) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Failed to create the directory at path={}, ec_message={}",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path), ec.message());
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    LOG_DEBUG(Common_Filesystem, "Successfully created the directory at path={}",
+              PathToUTF8String(path));
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool CreateDirs(const fs::path& path) {
+    if (!ValidatePath(path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Input path is not valid, path={}", PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (IsDir(path)) {
+        LOG_DEBUG(Common_Filesystem, "Filesystem object at path={} exists and is a directory",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    std::error_code ec;
+
+    fs::create_directories(path, ec);
+
+    if (ec) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Failed to create the directories at path={}, ec_message={}",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path), ec.message());
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    LOG_DEBUG(Common_Filesystem, "Successfully created the directories at path={}",
+              PathToUTF8String(path));
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool CreateParentDir(const fs::path& path) {
+    return CreateDir(path.parent_path());
+}
+
+bool CreateParentDirs(const fs::path& path) {
+    return CreateDirs(path.parent_path());
+}
+
+bool RemoveDir(const fs::path& path) {
+    if (!ValidatePath(path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Input path is not valid, path={}", PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (!Exists(path)) {
+        LOG_DEBUG(Common_Filesystem, "Filesystem object at path={} does not exist",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    if (!IsDir(path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Filesystem object at path={} is not a directory",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    std::error_code ec;
+
+    fs::remove(path, ec);
+
+    if (ec) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Failed to remove the directory at path={}, ec_message={}",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path), ec.message());
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    LOG_DEBUG(Common_Filesystem, "Successfully removed the directory at path={}",
+              PathToUTF8String(path));
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool RemoveDirRecursively(const fs::path& path) {
+    if (!ValidatePath(path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Input path is not valid, path={}", PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (!Exists(path)) {
+        LOG_DEBUG(Common_Filesystem, "Filesystem object at path={} does not exist",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    if (!IsDir(path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Filesystem object at path={} is not a directory",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    std::error_code ec;
+
+    fs::remove_all(path, ec);
+
+    if (ec) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem,
+                  "Failed to remove the directory and its contents at path={}, ec_message={}",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path), ec.message());
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    LOG_DEBUG(Common_Filesystem, "Successfully removed the directory and its contents at path={}",
+              PathToUTF8String(path));
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool RemoveDirContentsRecursively(const fs::path& path) {
+    if (!ValidatePath(path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Input path is not valid, path={}", PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (!Exists(path)) {
+        LOG_DEBUG(Common_Filesystem, "Filesystem object at path={} does not exist",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    if (!IsDir(path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Filesystem object at path={} is not a directory",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    std::error_code ec;
+
+    for (const auto& entry : fs::recursive_directory_iterator(path, ec)) {
+        if (ec) {
+            LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem,
+                      "Failed to completely enumerate the directory at path={}, ec_message={}",
+                      PathToUTF8String(path), ec.message());
+            break;
+        }
+
+        fs::remove(entry.path(), ec);
+
+        if (ec) {
+            LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem,
+                      "Failed to remove the filesystem object at path={}, ec_message={}",
+                      PathToUTF8String(entry.path()), ec.message());
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (ec) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem,
+                  "Failed to remove all the contents of the directory at path={}, ec_message={}",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path), ec.message());
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    LOG_DEBUG(Common_Filesystem,
+              "Successfully removed all the contents of the directory at path={}",
+              PathToUTF8String(path));
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool RenameDir(const fs::path& old_path, const fs::path& new_path) {
+    if (!ValidatePath(old_path) || !ValidatePath(new_path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem,
+                  "One or both input path(s) is not valid, old_path={}, new_path={}",
+                  PathToUTF8String(old_path), PathToUTF8String(new_path));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (!Exists(old_path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Filesystem object at old_path={} does not exist",
+                  PathToUTF8String(old_path));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (!IsDir(old_path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Filesystem object at old_path={} is not a directory",
+                  PathToUTF8String(old_path));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (Exists(new_path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Filesystem object at new_path={} exists",
+                  PathToUTF8String(new_path));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    std::error_code ec;
+
+    fs::rename(old_path, new_path, ec);
+
+    if (ec) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem,
+                  "Failed to rename the file from old_path={} to new_path={}, ec_message={}",
+                  PathToUTF8String(old_path), PathToUTF8String(new_path), ec.message());
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    LOG_DEBUG(Common_Filesystem, "Successfully renamed the file from old_path={} to new_path={}",
+              PathToUTF8String(old_path), PathToUTF8String(new_path));
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+void IterateDirEntries(const std::filesystem::path& path, const DirEntryCallable& callback,
+                       DirEntryFilter filter) {
+    if (!ValidatePath(path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Input path is not valid, path={}", PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (!Exists(path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Filesystem object at path={} does not exist",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (!IsDir(path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Filesystem object at path={} is not a directory",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return;
+    }
+
+    bool callback_error = false;
+
+    std::error_code ec;
+
+    for (const auto& entry : fs::directory_iterator(path, ec)) {
+        if (ec) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (True(filter & DirEntryFilter::File) &&
+            entry.status().type() == fs::file_type::regular) {
+            if (!callback(entry.path())) {
+                callback_error = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (True(filter & DirEntryFilter::Directory) &&
+            entry.status().type() == fs::file_type::directory) {
+            if (!callback(entry.path())) {
+                callback_error = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (callback_error || ec) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem,
+                  "Failed to visit all the directory entries of path={}, ec_message={}",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path), ec.message());
+        return;
+    }
+
+    LOG_DEBUG(Common_Filesystem, "Successfully visited all the directory entries of path={}",
+              PathToUTF8String(path));
+}
+
+void IterateDirEntriesRecursively(const std::filesystem::path& path,
+                                  const DirEntryCallable& callback, DirEntryFilter filter) {
+    if (!ValidatePath(path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Input path is not valid, path={}", PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (!Exists(path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Filesystem object at path={} does not exist",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (!IsDir(path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Filesystem object at path={} is not a directory",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return;
+    }
+
+    bool callback_error = false;
+
+    std::error_code ec;
+
+    for (const auto& entry : fs::recursive_directory_iterator(path, ec)) {
+        if (ec) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (True(filter & DirEntryFilter::File) &&
+            entry.status().type() == fs::file_type::regular) {
+            if (!callback(entry.path())) {
+                callback_error = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (True(filter & DirEntryFilter::Directory) &&
+            entry.status().type() == fs::file_type::directory) {
+            if (!callback(entry.path())) {
+                callback_error = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (callback_error || ec) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem,
+                  "Failed to visit all the directory entries of path={}, ec_message={}",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path), ec.message());
+        return;
+    }
+
+    LOG_DEBUG(Common_Filesystem, "Successfully visited all the directory entries of path={}",
+              PathToUTF8String(path));
+}
+
+// Generic Filesystem Operations
+
+bool Exists(const fs::path& path) {
+    return fs::exists(path);
+}
+
+bool IsFile(const fs::path& path) {
+    return fs::is_regular_file(path);
+}
+
+bool IsDir(const fs::path& path) {
+    return fs::is_directory(path);
+}
+
+fs::path GetCurrentDir() {
+    std::error_code ec;
+
+    const auto current_path = fs::current_path(ec);
+
+    if (ec) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Failed to get the current path, ec_message={}", ec.message());
+        return {};
+    }
+
+    return current_path;
+}
+
+bool SetCurrentDir(const fs::path& path) {
+    std::error_code ec;
+
+    fs::current_path(path, ec);
+
+    if (ec) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Failed to set the current path to path={}, ec_message={}",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path), ec.message());
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+fs::file_type GetEntryType(const fs::path& path) {
+    std::error_code ec;
+
+    const auto file_status = fs::status(path, ec);
+
+    if (ec) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Failed to retrieve the entry type of path={}, ec_message={}",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path), ec.message());
+        return fs::file_type::not_found;
+    }
+
+    return file_status.type();
+}
+
+u64 GetSize(const fs::path& path) {
+    std::error_code ec;
+
+    const auto file_size = fs::file_size(path, ec);
+
+    if (ec) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Failed to retrieve the file size of path={}, ec_message={}",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path), ec.message());
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    return file_size;
+}
+
+u64 GetFreeSpaceSize(const fs::path& path) {
+    std::error_code ec;
+
+    const auto space_info = fs::space(path, ec);
+
+    if (ec) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem,
+                  "Failed to retrieve the available free space of path={}, ec_message={}",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path), ec.message());
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    return space_info.free;
+}
+
+u64 GetTotalSpaceSize(const fs::path& path) {
+    std::error_code ec;
+
+    const auto space_info = fs::space(path, ec);
+
+    if (ec) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem,
+                  "Failed to retrieve the total capacity of path={}, ec_message={}",
+                  PathToUTF8String(path), ec.message());
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    return space_info.capacity;
+}
+
+} // namespace Common::FS
diff --git a/src/common/fs/fs.h b/src/common/fs/fs.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6f256349
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/fs/fs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,582 @@
+// Copyright 2021 yuzu Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <memory>
+
+#include "common/fs/fs_types.h"
+#include "common/fs/fs_util.h"
+
+namespace Common::FS {
+
+class IOFile;
+
+// File Operations
+
+/**
+ * Creates a new file at path with the specified size.
+ *
+ * Failures occur when:
+ * - Input path is not valid
+ * - The input path's parent directory does not exist
+ * - Filesystem object at path exists
+ * - Filesystem at path is read only
+ *
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ * @param size File size
+ *
+ * @returns True if the file creation succeeds, false otherwise.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] bool NewFile(const std::filesystem::path& path, u64 size = 0);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path>
+[[nodiscard]] bool NewFile(const Path& path, u64 size = 0) {
+    if constexpr (IsChar<typename Path::value_type>) {
+        return NewFile(ToU8String(path), size);
+    } else {
+        return NewFile(std::filesystem::path{path}, size);
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Removes a file at path.
+ *
+ * Failures occur when:
+ * - Input path is not valid
+ * - Filesystem object at path is not a file
+ * - Filesystem at path is read only
+ *
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ *
+ * @returns True if file removal succeeds or file does not exist, false otherwise.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] bool RemoveFile(const std::filesystem::path& path);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path>
+[[nodiscard]] bool RemoveFile(const Path& path) {
+    if constexpr (IsChar<typename Path::value_type>) {
+        return RemoveFile(ToU8String(path));
+    } else {
+        return RemoveFile(std::filesystem::path{path});
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Renames a file from old_path to new_path.
+ *
+ * Failures occur when:
+ * - One or both input path(s) is not valid
+ * - Filesystem object at old_path does not exist
+ * - Filesystem object at old_path is not a file
+ * - Filesystem object at new_path exists
+ * - Filesystem at either path is read only
+ *
+ * @param old_path Old filesystem path
+ * @param new_path New filesystem path
+ *
+ * @returns True if file rename succeeds, false otherwise.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] bool RenameFile(const std::filesystem::path& old_path,
+                              const std::filesystem::path& new_path);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path1, typename Path2>
+[[nodiscard]] bool RenameFile(const Path1& old_path, const Path2& new_path) {
+    using ValueType1 = typename Path1::value_type;
+    using ValueType2 = typename Path2::value_type;
+    if constexpr (IsChar<ValueType1> && IsChar<ValueType2>) {
+        return RenameFile(ToU8String(old_path), ToU8String(new_path));
+    } else if constexpr (IsChar<ValueType1> && !IsChar<ValueType2>) {
+        return RenameFile(ToU8String(old_path), new_path);
+    } else if constexpr (!IsChar<ValueType1> && IsChar<ValueType2>) {
+        return RenameFile(old_path, ToU8String(new_path));
+    } else {
+        return RenameFile(std::filesystem::path{old_path}, std::filesystem::path{new_path});
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Opens a file at path with the specified file access mode.
+ * This function behaves differently depending on the FileAccessMode.
+ * These behaviors are documented in each enum value of FileAccessMode.
+ *
+ * Failures occur when:
+ * - Input path is not valid
+ * - Filesystem object at path is not a file
+ * - The file is not opened
+ *
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ * @param mode File access mode
+ * @param type File type, default is BinaryFile. Use TextFile to open the file as a text file
+ * @param flag (Windows only) File-share access flag, default is ShareReadOnly
+ *
+ * @returns A shared pointer to the opened file. Returns nullptr on failure.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] std::shared_ptr<IOFile> FileOpen(const std::filesystem::path& path,
+                                               FileAccessMode mode,
+                                               FileType type = FileType::BinaryFile,
+                                               FileShareFlag flag = FileShareFlag::ShareReadOnly);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path>
+[[nodiscard]] std::shared_ptr<IOFile> FileOpen(const Path& path, FileAccessMode mode,
+                                               FileType type = FileType::BinaryFile,
+                                               FileShareFlag flag = FileShareFlag::ShareReadOnly) {
+    if constexpr (IsChar<typename Path::value_type>) {
+        return FileOpen(ToU8String(path), mode, type, flag);
+    } else {
+        return FileOpen(std::filesystem::path{path}, mode, type, flag);
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+// Directory Operations
+
+/**
+ * Creates a directory at path.
+ * Note that this function will *always* assume that the input path is a directory. For example,
+ * if the input path is /path/to/directory/file.txt, it will create a directory called "file.txt".
+ * If you intend to create the parent directory of a file, use CreateParentDir instead.
+ *
+ * Failures occur when:
+ * - Input path is not valid
+ * - The input path's parent directory does not exist
+ * - Filesystem at path is read only
+ *
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ *
+ * @returns True if directory creation succeeds or directory already exists, false otherwise.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] bool CreateDir(const std::filesystem::path& path);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path>
+[[nodiscard]] bool CreateDir(const Path& path) {
+    if constexpr (IsChar<typename Path::value_type>) {
+        return CreateDir(ToU8String(path));
+    } else {
+        return CreateDir(std::filesystem::path{path});
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Recursively creates a directory at path.
+ * Note that this function will *always* assume that the input path is a directory. For example,
+ * if the input path is /path/to/directory/file.txt, it will create a directory called "file.txt".
+ * If you intend to create the parent directory of a file, use CreateParentDirs instead.
+ * Unlike CreateDir, this creates all of input path's parent directories if they do not exist.
+ *
+ * Failures occur when:
+ * - Input path is not valid
+ * - Filesystem at path is read only
+ *
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ *
+ * @returns True if directory creation succeeds or directory already exists, false otherwise.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] bool CreateDirs(const std::filesystem::path& path);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path>
+[[nodiscard]] bool CreateDirs(const Path& path) {
+    if constexpr (IsChar<typename Path::value_type>) {
+        return CreateDirs(ToU8String(path));
+    } else {
+        return CreateDirs(std::filesystem::path{path});
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Creates the parent directory of a given path.
+ * This function calls CreateDir(path.parent_path()), see CreateDir for more details.
+ *
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ *
+ * @returns True if directory creation succeeds or directory already exists, false otherwise.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] bool CreateParentDir(const std::filesystem::path& path);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path>
+[[nodiscard]] bool CreateParentDir(const Path& path) {
+    if constexpr (IsChar<typename Path::value_type>) {
+        return CreateParentDir(ToU8String(path));
+    } else {
+        return CreateParentDir(std::filesystem::path{path});
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Recursively creates the parent directory of a given path.
+ * This function calls CreateDirs(path.parent_path()), see CreateDirs for more details.
+ *
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ *
+ * @returns True if directory creation succeeds or directory already exists, false otherwise.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] bool CreateParentDirs(const std::filesystem::path& path);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path>
+[[nodiscard]] bool CreateParentDirs(const Path& path) {
+    if constexpr (IsChar<typename Path::value_type>) {
+        return CreateParentDirs(ToU8String(path));
+    } else {
+        return CreateParentDirs(std::filesystem::path{path});
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Removes a directory at path.
+ *
+ * Failures occur when:
+ * - Input path is not valid
+ * - Filesystem object at path is not a directory
+ * - The given directory is not empty
+ * - Filesystem at path is read only
+ *
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ *
+ * @returns True if directory removal succeeds or directory does not exist, false otherwise.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] bool RemoveDir(const std::filesystem::path& path);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path>
+[[nodiscard]] bool RemoveDir(const Path& path) {
+    if constexpr (IsChar<typename Path::value_type>) {
+        return RemoveDir(ToU8String(path));
+    } else {
+        return RemoveDir(std::filesystem::path{path});
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Removes all the contents within the given directory and removes the directory itself.
+ *
+ * Failures occur when:
+ * - Input path is not valid
+ * - Filesystem object at path is not a directory
+ * - Filesystem at path is read only
+ *
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ *
+ * @returns True if the directory and all of its contents are removed successfully, false otherwise.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] bool RemoveDirRecursively(const std::filesystem::path& path);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path>
+[[nodiscard]] bool RemoveDirRecursively(const Path& path) {
+    if constexpr (IsChar<typename Path::value_type>) {
+        return RemoveDirRecursively(ToU8String(path));
+    } else {
+        return RemoveDirRecursively(std::filesystem::path{path});
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Removes all the contents within the given directory without removing the directory itself.
+ *
+ * Failures occur when:
+ * - Input path is not valid
+ * - Filesystem object at path is not a directory
+ * - Filesystem at path is read only
+ *
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ *
+ * @returns True if all of the directory's contents are removed successfully, false otherwise.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] bool RemoveDirContentsRecursively(const std::filesystem::path& path);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path>
+[[nodiscard]] bool RemoveDirContentsRecursively(const Path& path) {
+    if constexpr (IsChar<typename Path::value_type>) {
+        return RemoveDirContentsRecursively(ToU8String(path));
+    } else {
+        return RemoveDirContentsRecursively(std::filesystem::path{path});
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Renames a directory from old_path to new_path.
+ *
+ * Failures occur when:
+ * - One or both input path(s) is not valid
+ * - Filesystem object at old_path does not exist
+ * - Filesystem object at old_path is not a directory
+ * - Filesystem object at new_path exists
+ * - Filesystem at either path is read only
+ *
+ * @param old_path Old filesystem path
+ * @param new_path New filesystem path
+ *
+ * @returns True if directory rename succeeds, false otherwise.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] bool RenameDir(const std::filesystem::path& old_path,
+                             const std::filesystem::path& new_path);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path1, typename Path2>
+[[nodiscard]] bool RenameDir(const Path1& old_path, const Path2& new_path) {
+    using ValueType1 = typename Path1::value_type;
+    using ValueType2 = typename Path2::value_type;
+    if constexpr (IsChar<ValueType1> && IsChar<ValueType2>) {
+        return RenameDir(ToU8String(old_path), ToU8String(new_path));
+    } else if constexpr (IsChar<ValueType1> && !IsChar<ValueType2>) {
+        return RenameDir(ToU8String(old_path), new_path);
+    } else if constexpr (!IsChar<ValueType1> && IsChar<ValueType2>) {
+        return RenameDir(old_path, ToU8String(new_path));
+    } else {
+        return RenameDir(std::filesystem::path{old_path}, std::filesystem::path{new_path});
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Iterates over the directory entries of a given directory.
+ * This does not iterate over the sub-directories of the given directory.
+ * The DirEntryCallable callback is called for each visited directory entry.
+ * A filter can be set to control which directory entries are visited based on their type.
+ * By default, both files and directories are visited.
+ * If the callback returns false or there is an error, the iteration is immediately halted.
+ *
+ * Failures occur when:
+ * - Input path is not valid
+ * - Filesystem object at path is not a directory
+ *
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ * @param callback Callback to be called for each visited directory entry
+ * @param filter Directory entry type filter
+ */
+void IterateDirEntries(const std::filesystem::path& path, const DirEntryCallable& callback,
+                       DirEntryFilter filter = DirEntryFilter::All);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path>
+void IterateDirEntries(const Path& path, const DirEntryCallable& callback,
+                       DirEntryFilter filter = DirEntryFilter::All) {
+    if constexpr (IsChar<typename Path::value_type>) {
+        IterateDirEntries(ToU8String(path), callback, filter);
+    } else {
+        IterateDirEntries(std::filesystem::path{path}, callback, filter);
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Iterates over the directory entries of a given directory and its sub-directories.
+ * The DirEntryCallable callback is called for each visited directory entry.
+ * A filter can be set to control which directory entries are visited based on their type.
+ * By default, both files and directories are visited.
+ * If the callback returns false or there is an error, the iteration is immediately halted.
+ *
+ * Failures occur when:
+ * - Input path is not valid
+ * - Filesystem object at path does not exist
+ * - Filesystem object at path is not a directory
+ *
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ * @param callback Callback to be called for each visited directory entry
+ * @param filter Directory entry type filter
+ */
+void IterateDirEntriesRecursively(const std::filesystem::path& path,
+                                  const DirEntryCallable& callback,
+                                  DirEntryFilter filter = DirEntryFilter::All);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path>
+void IterateDirEntriesRecursively(const Path& path, const DirEntryCallable& callback,
+                                  DirEntryFilter filter = DirEntryFilter::All) {
+    if constexpr (IsChar<typename Path::value_type>) {
+        IterateDirEntriesRecursively(ToU8String(path), callback, filter);
+    } else {
+        IterateDirEntriesRecursively(std::filesystem::path{path}, callback, filter);
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+// Generic Filesystem Operations
+
+/**
+ * Returns whether a filesystem object at path exists.
+ *
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ *
+ * @returns True if a filesystem object at path exists, false otherwise.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] bool Exists(const std::filesystem::path& path);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path>
+[[nodiscard]] bool Exists(const Path& path) {
+    if constexpr (IsChar<typename Path::value_type>) {
+        return Exists(ToU8String(path));
+    } else {
+        return Exists(std::filesystem::path{path});
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Returns whether a filesystem object at path is a file.
+ *
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ *
+ * @returns True if a filesystem object at path is a file, false otherwise.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] bool IsFile(const std::filesystem::path& path);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path>
+[[nodiscard]] bool IsFile(const Path& path) {
+    if constexpr (IsChar<typename Path::value_type>) {
+        return IsFile(ToU8String(path));
+    } else {
+        return IsFile(std::filesystem::path{path});
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Returns whether a filesystem object at path is a directory.
+ *
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ *
+ * @returns True if a filesystem object at path is a directory, false otherwise.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] bool IsDir(const std::filesystem::path& path);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path>
+[[nodiscard]] bool IsDir(const Path& path) {
+    if constexpr (IsChar<typename Path::value_type>) {
+        return IsDir(ToU8String(path));
+    } else {
+        return IsDir(std::filesystem::path{path});
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Gets the current working directory.
+ *
+ * @returns The current working directory. Returns an empty path on failure.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] std::filesystem::path GetCurrentDir();
+
+/**
+ * Sets the current working directory to path.
+ *
+ * @returns True if the current working directory is successfully set, false otherwise.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] bool SetCurrentDir(const std::filesystem::path& path);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path>
+[[nodiscard]] bool SetCurrentDir(const Path& path) {
+    if constexpr (IsChar<typename Path::value_type>) {
+        return SetCurrentDir(ToU8String(path));
+    } else {
+        return SetCurrentDir(std::filesystem::path{path});
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Gets the entry type of the filesystem object at path.
+ *
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ *
+ * @returns The entry type of the filesystem object. Returns file_type::not_found on failure.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] std::filesystem::file_type GetEntryType(const std::filesystem::path& path);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path>
+[[nodiscard]] std::filesystem::file_type GetEntryType(const Path& path) {
+    if constexpr (IsChar<typename Path::value_type>) {
+        return GetEntryType(ToU8String(path));
+    } else {
+        return GetEntryType(std::filesystem::path{path});
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Gets the size of the filesystem object at path.
+ *
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ *
+ * @returns The size in bytes of the filesystem object. Returns 0 on failure.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] u64 GetSize(const std::filesystem::path& path);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path>
+[[nodiscard]] u64 GetSize(const Path& path) {
+    if constexpr (IsChar<typename Path::value_type>) {
+        return GetSize(ToU8String(path));
+    } else {
+        return GetSize(std::filesystem::path{path});
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Gets the free space size of the filesystem at path.
+ *
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ *
+ * @returns The free space size in bytes of the filesystem at path. Returns 0 on failure.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] u64 GetFreeSpaceSize(const std::filesystem::path& path);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path>
+[[nodiscard]] u64 GetFreeSpaceSize(const Path& path) {
+    if constexpr (IsChar<typename Path::value_type>) {
+        return GetFreeSpaceSize(ToU8String(path));
+    } else {
+        return GetFreeSpaceSize(std::filesystem::path{path});
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Gets the total capacity of the filesystem at path.
+ *
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ *
+ * @returns The total capacity in bytes of the filesystem at path. Returns 0 on failure.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] u64 GetTotalSpaceSize(const std::filesystem::path& path);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path>
+[[nodiscard]] u64 GetTotalSpaceSize(const Path& path) {
+    if constexpr (IsChar<typename Path::value_type>) {
+        return GetTotalSpaceSize(ToU8String(path));
+    } else {
+        return GetTotalSpaceSize(std::filesystem::path{path});
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+} // namespace Common::FS
diff --git a/src/common/fs/fs_paths.h b/src/common/fs/fs_paths.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b32614797
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/fs/fs_paths.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Copyright 2021 yuzu Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#pragma once
+
+// yuzu data directories
+
+#define YUZU_DIR "yuzu"
+#define PORTABLE_DIR "user"
+
+// Sub-directories contained within a yuzu data directory
+
+#define CACHE_DIR "cache"
+#define CONFIG_DIR "config"
+#define DUMP_DIR "dump"
+#define KEYS_DIR "keys"
+#define LOAD_DIR "load"
+#define LOG_DIR "log"
+#define NAND_DIR "nand"
+#define SCREENSHOTS_DIR "screenshots"
+#define SDMC_DIR "sdmc"
+#define SHADER_DIR "shader"
+
+// yuzu-specific files
+
+#define LOG_FILE "yuzu_log.txt"
diff --git a/src/common/fs/fs_types.h b/src/common/fs/fs_types.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..089980aee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/fs/fs_types.h
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+// Copyright 2021 yuzu Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <functional>
+
+#include "common/common_funcs.h"
+#include "common/common_types.h"
+
+namespace Common::FS {
+
+enum class FileAccessMode {
+    /**
+     * If the file at path exists, it opens the file for reading.
+     * If the file at path does not exist, it fails to open the file.
+     */
+    Read = 1 << 0,
+    /**
+     * If the file at path exists, the existing contents of the file are erased.
+     * The empty file is then opened for writing.
+     * If the file at path does not exist, it creates and opens a new empty file for writing.
+     */
+    Write = 1 << 1,
+    /**
+     * If the file at path exists, it opens the file for reading and writing.
+     * If the file at path does not exist, it fails to open the file.
+     */
+    ReadWrite = Read | Write,
+    /**
+     * If the file at path exists, it opens the file for appending.
+     * If the file at path does not exist, it creates and opens a new empty file for appending.
+     */
+    Append = 1 << 2,
+    /**
+     * If the file at path exists, it opens the file for both reading and appending.
+     * If the file at path does not exist, it creates and opens a new empty file for both
+     * reading and appending.
+     */
+    ReadAppend = Read | Append,
+};
+
+enum class FileType {
+    BinaryFile,
+    TextFile,
+};
+
+enum class FileShareFlag {
+    ShareNone,      // Provides exclusive access to the file.
+    ShareReadOnly,  // Provides read only shared access to the file.
+    ShareWriteOnly, // Provides write only shared access to the file.
+    ShareReadWrite, // Provides read and write shared access to the file.
+};
+
+enum class DirEntryFilter {
+    File = 1 << 0,
+    Directory = 1 << 1,
+    All = File | Directory,
+};
+DECLARE_ENUM_FLAG_OPERATORS(DirEntryFilter);
+
+/**
+ * A callback function which takes in the path of a directory entry.
+ *
+ * @param path The path of a directory entry
+ *
+ * @returns A boolean value.
+ *          Return true to indicate whether the callback is successful, false otherwise.
+ */
+using DirEntryCallable = std::function<bool(const std::filesystem::path& path)>;
+
+} // namespace Common::FS
diff --git a/src/common/fs/fs_util.cpp b/src/common/fs/fs_util.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ddfc3131
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/fs/fs_util.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Copyright 2021 yuzu Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#include "common/fs/fs_util.h"
+
+namespace Common::FS {
+
+std::u8string ToU8String(std::string_view utf8_string) {
+    return std::u8string{utf8_string.begin(), utf8_string.end()};
+}
+
+} // namespace Common::FS
diff --git a/src/common/fs/fs_util.h b/src/common/fs/fs_util.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..951df53b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/fs/fs_util.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Copyright 2021 yuzu Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <concepts>
+#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
+
+namespace Common::FS {
+
+template <typename T>
+concept IsChar = std::same_as<T, char>;
+
+/**
+ * Converts a UTF-8 encoded std::string or std::string_view to a std::u8string.
+ *
+ * @param utf8_string UTF-8 encoded string
+ *
+ * @returns UTF-8 encoded std::u8string.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] std::u8string ToU8String(std::string_view utf8_string);
+
+} // namespace Common::FS
diff --git a/src/common/fs/path_util.cpp b/src/common/fs/path_util.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b732a21c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/fs/path_util.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,432 @@
+// Copyright 2021 yuzu Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <unordered_map>
+
+#include "common/fs/fs.h"
+#include "common/fs/fs_paths.h"
+#include "common/fs/path_util.h"
+#include "common/logging/log.h"
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <shlobj.h> // Used in GetExeDirectory()
+#else
+#include <cstdlib>     // Used in Get(Home/Data)Directory()
+#include <pwd.h>       // Used in GetHomeDirectory()
+#include <sys/types.h> // Used in GetHomeDirectory()
+#include <unistd.h>    // Used in GetDataDirectory()
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+#include <sys/param.h> // Used in GetBundleDirectory()
+
+// CFURL contains __attribute__ directives that gcc does not know how to parse, so we need to just
+// ignore them if we're not using clang. The macro is only used to prevent linking against
+// functions that don't exist on older versions of macOS, and the worst case scenario is a linker
+// error, so this is perfectly safe, just inconvenient.
+#ifndef __clang__
+#define availability(...)
+#endif
+#include <CoreFoundation/CFBundle.h> // Used in GetBundleDirectory()
+#include <CoreFoundation/CFString.h> // Used in GetBundleDirectory()
+#include <CoreFoundation/CFURL.h>    // Used in GetBundleDirectory()
+#ifdef availability
+#undef availability
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef MAX_PATH
+#ifdef _WIN32
+// This is the maximum number of UTF-16 code units permissible in Windows file paths
+#define MAX_PATH 260
+#else
+// This is the maximum number of UTF-8 code units permissible in all other OSes' file paths
+#define MAX_PATH 1024
+#endif
+#endif
+
+namespace Common::FS {
+
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+
+/**
+ * The PathManagerImpl is a singleton allowing to manage the mapping of
+ * YuzuPath enums to real filesystem paths.
+ * This class provides 2 functions: GetYuzuPathImpl and SetYuzuPathImpl.
+ * These are used by GetYuzuPath and SetYuzuPath respectively to get or modify
+ * the path mapped by the YuzuPath enum.
+ */
+class PathManagerImpl {
+public:
+    static PathManagerImpl& GetInstance() {
+        static PathManagerImpl path_manager_impl;
+
+        return path_manager_impl;
+    }
+
+    PathManagerImpl(const PathManagerImpl&) = delete;
+    PathManagerImpl& operator=(const PathManagerImpl&) = delete;
+
+    PathManagerImpl(PathManagerImpl&&) = delete;
+    PathManagerImpl& operator=(PathManagerImpl&&) = delete;
+
+    [[nodiscard]] const fs::path& GetYuzuPathImpl(YuzuPath yuzu_path) {
+        return yuzu_paths.at(yuzu_path);
+    }
+
+    void SetYuzuPathImpl(YuzuPath yuzu_path, const fs::path& new_path) {
+        yuzu_paths.insert_or_assign(yuzu_path, new_path);
+    }
+
+private:
+    PathManagerImpl() {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        auto yuzu_path = GetExeDirectory() / PORTABLE_DIR;
+
+        if (!IsDir(yuzu_path)) {
+            yuzu_path = GetAppDataRoamingDirectory() / YUZU_DIR;
+        }
+
+        GenerateYuzuPath(YuzuPath::YuzuDir, yuzu_path);
+        GenerateYuzuPath(YuzuPath::CacheDir, yuzu_path / CACHE_DIR);
+        GenerateYuzuPath(YuzuPath::ConfigDir, yuzu_path / CONFIG_DIR);
+#else
+        auto yuzu_path = GetCurrentDir() / PORTABLE_DIR;
+
+        if (Exists(yuzu_path) && IsDir(yuzu_path)) {
+            GenerateYuzuPath(YuzuPath::YuzuDir, yuzu_path);
+            GenerateYuzuPath(YuzuPath::CacheDir, yuzu_path / CACHE_DIR);
+            GenerateYuzuPath(YuzuPath::ConfigDir, yuzu_path / CONFIG_DIR);
+        } else {
+            yuzu_path = GetDataDirectory("XDG_DATA_HOME") / YUZU_DIR;
+
+            GenerateYuzuPath(YuzuPath::YuzuDir, yuzu_path);
+            GenerateYuzuPath(YuzuPath::CacheDir, GetDataDirectory("XDG_CACHE_HOME") / YUZU_DIR);
+            GenerateYuzuPath(YuzuPath::ConfigDir, GetDataDirectory("XDG_CONFIG_HOME") / YUZU_DIR);
+        }
+#endif
+
+        GenerateYuzuPath(YuzuPath::DumpDir, yuzu_path / DUMP_DIR);
+        GenerateYuzuPath(YuzuPath::KeysDir, yuzu_path / KEYS_DIR);
+        GenerateYuzuPath(YuzuPath::LoadDir, yuzu_path / LOAD_DIR);
+        GenerateYuzuPath(YuzuPath::LogDir, yuzu_path / LOG_DIR);
+        GenerateYuzuPath(YuzuPath::NANDDir, yuzu_path / NAND_DIR);
+        GenerateYuzuPath(YuzuPath::ScreenshotsDir, yuzu_path / SCREENSHOTS_DIR);
+        GenerateYuzuPath(YuzuPath::SDMCDir, yuzu_path / SDMC_DIR);
+        GenerateYuzuPath(YuzuPath::ShaderDir, yuzu_path / SHADER_DIR);
+    }
+
+    ~PathManagerImpl() = default;
+
+    void GenerateYuzuPath(YuzuPath yuzu_path, const fs::path& new_path) {
+        void(FS::CreateDir(new_path));
+
+        SetYuzuPathImpl(yuzu_path, new_path);
+    }
+
+    std::unordered_map<YuzuPath, fs::path> yuzu_paths;
+};
+
+std::string PathToUTF8String(const fs::path& path) {
+    const auto utf8_string = path.u8string();
+
+    return std::string{utf8_string.begin(), utf8_string.end()};
+}
+
+bool ValidatePath(const fs::path& path) {
+    if (path.empty()) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Input path is empty, path={}", PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    if (path.u16string().size() >= MAX_PATH) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Input path is too long, path={}", PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return false;
+    }
+#else
+    if (path.u8string().size() >= MAX_PATH) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Input path is too long, path={}", PathToUTF8String(path));
+        return false;
+    }
+#endif
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+fs::path ConcatPath(const fs::path& first, const fs::path& second) {
+    const bool second_has_dir_sep = IsDirSeparator(second.u8string().front());
+
+    if (!second_has_dir_sep) {
+        return (first / second).lexically_normal();
+    }
+
+    fs::path concat_path = first;
+    concat_path += second;
+
+    return concat_path.lexically_normal();
+}
+
+fs::path ConcatPathSafe(const fs::path& base, const fs::path& offset) {
+    const auto concatenated_path = ConcatPath(base, offset);
+
+    if (!IsPathSandboxed(base, concatenated_path)) {
+        return base;
+    }
+
+    return concatenated_path;
+}
+
+bool IsPathSandboxed(const fs::path& base, const fs::path& path) {
+    const auto base_string = RemoveTrailingSeparators(base.lexically_normal()).u8string();
+    const auto path_string = RemoveTrailingSeparators(path.lexically_normal()).u8string();
+
+    if (path_string.size() < base_string.size()) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return base_string.compare(0, base_string.size(), path_string, 0, base_string.size()) == 0;
+}
+
+bool IsDirSeparator(char character) {
+    return character == '/' || character == '\\';
+}
+
+bool IsDirSeparator(char8_t character) {
+    return character == u8'/' || character == u8'\\';
+}
+
+fs::path RemoveTrailingSeparators(const fs::path& path) {
+    if (path.empty()) {
+        return path;
+    }
+
+    auto string_path = path.u8string();
+
+    while (IsDirSeparator(string_path.back())) {
+        string_path.pop_back();
+    }
+
+    return fs::path{string_path};
+}
+
+const fs::path& GetYuzuPath(YuzuPath yuzu_path) {
+    return PathManagerImpl::GetInstance().GetYuzuPathImpl(yuzu_path);
+}
+
+std::string GetYuzuPathString(YuzuPath yuzu_path) {
+    return PathToUTF8String(GetYuzuPath(yuzu_path));
+}
+
+void SetYuzuPath(YuzuPath yuzu_path, const fs::path& new_path) {
+    if (!FS::IsDir(new_path)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Filesystem object at new_path={} is not a directory",
+                  PathToUTF8String(new_path));
+        return;
+    }
+
+    PathManagerImpl::GetInstance().SetYuzuPathImpl(yuzu_path, new_path);
+}
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+
+fs::path GetExeDirectory() {
+    wchar_t exe_path[MAX_PATH];
+
+    GetModuleFileNameW(nullptr, exe_path, MAX_PATH);
+
+    if (!exe_path) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem,
+                  "Failed to get the path to the executable of the current process");
+    }
+
+    return fs::path{exe_path}.parent_path();
+}
+
+fs::path GetAppDataRoamingDirectory() {
+    PWSTR appdata_roaming_path = nullptr;
+
+    SHGetKnownFolderPath(FOLDERID_RoamingAppData, 0, nullptr, &appdata_roaming_path);
+
+    auto fs_appdata_roaming_path = fs::path{appdata_roaming_path};
+
+    CoTaskMemFree(appdata_roaming_path);
+
+    if (fs_appdata_roaming_path.empty()) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Failed to get the path to the %APPDATA% directory");
+    }
+
+    return fs_appdata_roaming_path;
+}
+
+#else
+
+fs::path GetHomeDirectory() {
+    const char* home_env_var = getenv("HOME");
+
+    if (home_env_var) {
+        return fs::path{home_env_var};
+    }
+
+    LOG_INFO(Common_Filesystem,
+             "$HOME is not defined in the environment variables, "
+             "attempting to query passwd to get the home path of the current user");
+
+    const auto* pw = getpwuid(getuid());
+
+    if (!pw) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Failed to get the home path of the current user");
+        return {};
+    }
+
+    return fs::path{pw->pw_dir};
+}
+
+fs::path GetDataDirectory(const std::string& env_name) {
+    const char* data_env_var = getenv(env_name.c_str());
+
+    if (data_env_var) {
+        return fs::path{data_env_var};
+    }
+
+    if (env_name == "XDG_DATA_HOME") {
+        return GetHomeDirectory() / ".local/share";
+    } else if (env_name == "XDG_CACHE_HOME") {
+        return GetHomeDirectory() / ".cache";
+    } else if (env_name == "XDG_CONFIG_HOME") {
+        return GetHomeDirectory() / ".config";
+    }
+
+    return {};
+}
+
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+
+fs::path GetBundleDirectory() {
+    char app_bundle_path[MAXPATHLEN];
+
+    // Get the main bundle for the app
+    CFURLRef bundle_ref = CFBundleCopyBundleURL(CFBundleGetMainBundle());
+    CFStringRef bundle_path = CFURLCopyFileSystemPath(bundle_ref, kCFURLPOSIXPathStyle);
+
+    CFStringGetFileSystemRepresentation(bundle_path, app_bundle_path, sizeof(app_bundle_path));
+
+    CFRelease(bundle_ref);
+    CFRelease(bundle_path);
+
+    return fs::path{app_bundle_path};
+}
+
+#endif
+
+// vvvvvvvvvv Deprecated vvvvvvvvvv //
+
+std::string_view RemoveTrailingSlash(std::string_view path) {
+    if (path.empty()) {
+        return path;
+    }
+
+    if (path.back() == '\\' || path.back() == '/') {
+        path.remove_suffix(1);
+        return path;
+    }
+
+    return path;
+}
+
+std::vector<std::string> SplitPathComponents(std::string_view filename) {
+    std::string copy(filename);
+    std::replace(copy.begin(), copy.end(), '\\', '/');
+    std::vector<std::string> out;
+
+    std::stringstream stream(copy);
+    std::string item;
+    while (std::getline(stream, item, '/')) {
+        out.push_back(std::move(item));
+    }
+
+    return out;
+}
+
+std::string SanitizePath(std::string_view path_, DirectorySeparator directory_separator) {
+    std::string path(path_);
+    char type1 = directory_separator == DirectorySeparator::BackwardSlash ? '/' : '\\';
+    char type2 = directory_separator == DirectorySeparator::BackwardSlash ? '\\' : '/';
+
+    if (directory_separator == DirectorySeparator::PlatformDefault) {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        type1 = '/';
+        type2 = '\\';
+#endif
+    }
+
+    std::replace(path.begin(), path.end(), type1, type2);
+
+    auto start = path.begin();
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    // allow network paths which start with a double backslash (e.g. \\server\share)
+    if (start != path.end())
+        ++start;
+#endif
+    path.erase(std::unique(start, path.end(),
+                           [type2](char c1, char c2) { return c1 == type2 && c2 == type2; }),
+               path.end());
+    return std::string(RemoveTrailingSlash(path));
+}
+
+std::string_view GetParentPath(std::string_view path) {
+    const auto name_bck_index = path.rfind('\\');
+    const auto name_fwd_index = path.rfind('/');
+    std::size_t name_index;
+
+    if (name_bck_index == std::string_view::npos || name_fwd_index == std::string_view::npos) {
+        name_index = std::min(name_bck_index, name_fwd_index);
+    } else {
+        name_index = std::max(name_bck_index, name_fwd_index);
+    }
+
+    return path.substr(0, name_index);
+}
+
+std::string_view GetPathWithoutTop(std::string_view path) {
+    if (path.empty()) {
+        return path;
+    }
+
+    while (path[0] == '\\' || path[0] == '/') {
+        path.remove_prefix(1);
+        if (path.empty()) {
+            return path;
+        }
+    }
+
+    const auto name_bck_index = path.find('\\');
+    const auto name_fwd_index = path.find('/');
+    return path.substr(std::min(name_bck_index, name_fwd_index) + 1);
+}
+
+std::string_view GetFilename(std::string_view path) {
+    const auto name_index = path.find_last_of("\\/");
+
+    if (name_index == std::string_view::npos) {
+        return {};
+    }
+
+    return path.substr(name_index + 1);
+}
+
+std::string_view GetExtensionFromFilename(std::string_view name) {
+    const std::size_t index = name.rfind('.');
+
+    if (index == std::string_view::npos) {
+        return {};
+    }
+
+    return name.substr(index + 1);
+}
+
+} // namespace Common::FS
diff --git a/src/common/fs/path_util.h b/src/common/fs/path_util.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a9fadbceb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/fs/path_util.h
@@ -0,0 +1,309 @@
+// Copyright 2021 yuzu Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "common/fs/fs_util.h"
+
+namespace Common::FS {
+
+enum class YuzuPath {
+    YuzuDir,        // Where yuzu stores its data.
+    CacheDir,       // Where cached filesystem data is stored.
+    ConfigDir,      // Where config files are stored.
+    DumpDir,        // Where dumped data is stored.
+    KeysDir,        // Where key files are stored.
+    LoadDir,        // Where cheat/mod files are stored.
+    LogDir,         // Where log files are stored.
+    NANDDir,        // Where the emulated NAND is stored.
+    ScreenshotsDir, // Where yuzu screenshots are stored.
+    SDMCDir,        // Where the emulated SDMC is stored.
+    ShaderDir,      // Where shaders are stored.
+};
+
+/**
+ * Converts a filesystem path to a UTF-8 encoded std::string.
+ *
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ *
+ * @returns UTF-8 encoded std::string.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] std::string PathToUTF8String(const std::filesystem::path& path);
+
+/**
+ * Validates a given path.
+ *
+ * A given path is valid if it meets these conditions:
+ * - The path is not empty
+ * - The path is not too long
+ *
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ *
+ * @returns True if the path is valid, false otherwise.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] bool ValidatePath(const std::filesystem::path& path);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path>
+[[nodiscard]] bool ValidatePath(const Path& path) {
+    if constexpr (IsChar<typename Path::value_type>) {
+        return ValidatePath(ToU8String(path));
+    } else {
+        return ValidatePath(std::filesystem::path{path});
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Concatenates two filesystem paths together.
+ *
+ * This is needed since the following occurs when using std::filesystem::path's operator/:
+ * first: "/first/path"
+ * second: "/second/path" (Note that the second path has a directory separator in the front)
+ * first / second yields "/second/path" when the desired result is first/path/second/path
+ *
+ * @param first First filesystem path
+ * @param second Second filesystem path
+ *
+ * @returns A concatenated filesystem path.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] std::filesystem::path ConcatPath(const std::filesystem::path& first,
+                                               const std::filesystem::path& second);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path1, typename Path2>
+[[nodiscard]] std::filesystem::path ConcatPath(const Path1& first, const Path2& second) {
+    using ValueType1 = typename Path1::value_type;
+    using ValueType2 = typename Path2::value_type;
+    if constexpr (IsChar<ValueType1> && IsChar<ValueType2>) {
+        return ConcatPath(ToU8String(first), ToU8String(second));
+    } else if constexpr (IsChar<ValueType1> && !IsChar<ValueType2>) {
+        return ConcatPath(ToU8String(first), second);
+    } else if constexpr (!IsChar<ValueType1> && IsChar<ValueType2>) {
+        return ConcatPath(first, ToU8String(second));
+    } else {
+        return ConcatPath(std::filesystem::path{first}, std::filesystem::path{second});
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Safe variant of ConcatPath that takes in a base path and an offset path from the given base path.
+ *
+ * If ConcatPath(base, offset) resolves to a path that is sandboxed within the base path,
+ * this will return the concatenated path. Otherwise this will return the base path.
+ *
+ * @param base Base filesystem path
+ * @param offset Offset filesystem path
+ *
+ * @returns A concatenated filesystem path if it is within the base path,
+ *          returns the base path otherwise.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] std::filesystem::path ConcatPathSafe(const std::filesystem::path& base,
+                                                   const std::filesystem::path& offset);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path1, typename Path2>
+[[nodiscard]] std::filesystem::path ConcatPathSafe(const Path1& base, const Path2& offset) {
+    using ValueType1 = typename Path1::value_type;
+    using ValueType2 = typename Path2::value_type;
+    if constexpr (IsChar<ValueType1> && IsChar<ValueType2>) {
+        return ConcatPathSafe(ToU8String(base), ToU8String(offset));
+    } else if constexpr (IsChar<ValueType1> && !IsChar<ValueType2>) {
+        return ConcatPathSafe(ToU8String(base), offset);
+    } else if constexpr (!IsChar<ValueType1> && IsChar<ValueType2>) {
+        return ConcatPathSafe(base, ToU8String(offset));
+    } else {
+        return ConcatPathSafe(std::filesystem::path{base}, std::filesystem::path{offset});
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Checks whether a given path is sandboxed within a given base path.
+ *
+ * @param base Base filesystem path
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ *
+ * @returns True if the given path is sandboxed within the given base path, false otherwise.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] bool IsPathSandboxed(const std::filesystem::path& base,
+                                   const std::filesystem::path& path);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path1, typename Path2>
+[[nodiscard]] bool IsPathSandboxed(const Path1& base, const Path2& path) {
+    using ValueType1 = typename Path1::value_type;
+    using ValueType2 = typename Path2::value_type;
+    if constexpr (IsChar<ValueType1> && IsChar<ValueType2>) {
+        return IsPathSandboxed(ToU8String(base), ToU8String(path));
+    } else if constexpr (IsChar<ValueType1> && !IsChar<ValueType2>) {
+        return IsPathSandboxed(ToU8String(base), path);
+    } else if constexpr (!IsChar<ValueType1> && IsChar<ValueType2>) {
+        return IsPathSandboxed(base, ToU8String(path));
+    } else {
+        return IsPathSandboxed(std::filesystem::path{base}, std::filesystem::path{path});
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Checks if a character is a directory separator (either a forward slash or backslash).
+ *
+ * @param character Character
+ *
+ * @returns True if the character is a directory separator, false otherwise.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] bool IsDirSeparator(char character);
+
+/**
+ * Checks if a character is a directory separator (either a forward slash or backslash).
+ *
+ * @param character Character
+ *
+ * @returns True if the character is a directory separator, false otherwise.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] bool IsDirSeparator(char8_t character);
+
+/**
+ * Removes any trailing directory separators if they exist in the given path.
+ *
+ * @param path Filesystem path
+ *
+ * @returns The filesystem path without any trailing directory separators.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] std::filesystem::path RemoveTrailingSeparators(const std::filesystem::path& path);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path>
+[[nodiscard]] std::filesystem::path RemoveTrailingSeparators(const Path& path) {
+    if constexpr (IsChar<typename Path::value_type>) {
+        return RemoveTrailingSeparators(ToU8String(path));
+    } else {
+        return RemoveTrailingSeparators(std::filesystem::path{path});
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * Gets the filesystem path associated with the YuzuPath enum.
+ *
+ * @param yuzu_path YuzuPath enum
+ *
+ * @returns The filesystem path associated with the YuzuPath enum.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] const std::filesystem::path& GetYuzuPath(YuzuPath yuzu_path);
+
+/**
+ * Gets the filesystem path associated with the YuzuPath enum as a UTF-8 encoded std::string.
+ *
+ * @param yuzu_path YuzuPath enum
+ *
+ * @returns The filesystem path associated with the YuzuPath enum as a UTF-8 encoded std::string.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] std::string GetYuzuPathString(YuzuPath yuzu_path);
+
+/**
+ * Sets a new filesystem path associated with the YuzuPath enum.
+ * If the filesystem object at new_path is not a directory, this function will not do anything.
+ *
+ * @param yuzu_path YuzuPath enum
+ * @param new_path New filesystem path
+ */
+void SetYuzuPath(YuzuPath yuzu_path, const std::filesystem::path& new_path);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+template <typename Path>
+[[nodiscard]] void SetYuzuPath(YuzuPath yuzu_path, const Path& new_path) {
+    if constexpr (IsChar<typename Path::value_type>) {
+        SetYuzuPath(yuzu_path, ToU8String(new_path));
+    } else {
+        SetYuzuPath(yuzu_path, std::filesystem::path{new_path});
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+
+/**
+ * Gets the path of the directory containing the executable of the current process.
+ *
+ * @returns The path of the directory containing the executable of the current process.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] std::filesystem::path GetExeDirectory();
+
+/**
+ * Gets the path of the current user's %APPDATA% directory (%USERPROFILE%/AppData/Roaming).
+ *
+ * @returns The path of the current user's %APPDATA% directory.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] std::filesystem::path GetAppDataRoamingDirectory();
+
+#else
+
+/**
+ * Gets the path of the directory specified by the #HOME environment variable.
+ * If $HOME is not defined, it will attempt to query the user database in passwd instead.
+ *
+ * @returns The path of the current user's home directory.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] std::filesystem::path GetHomeDirectory();
+
+/**
+ * Gets the relevant paths for yuzu to store its data based on the given XDG environment variable.
+ * See https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
+ * Defaults to $HOME/.local/share for main application data,
+ * $HOME/.cache for cached data, and $HOME/.config for configuration files.
+ *
+ * @param env_name XDG environment variable name
+ *
+ * @returns The path where yuzu should store its data.
+ */
+[[nodiscard]] std::filesystem::path GetDataDirectory(const std::string& env_name);
+
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+
+[[nodiscard]] std::filesystem::path GetBundleDirectory();
+
+#endif
+
+// vvvvvvvvvv Deprecated vvvvvvvvvv //
+
+// Removes the final '/' or '\' if one exists
+[[nodiscard]] std::string_view RemoveTrailingSlash(std::string_view path);
+
+enum class DirectorySeparator {
+    ForwardSlash,
+    BackwardSlash,
+    PlatformDefault,
+};
+
+// Splits the path on '/' or '\' and put the components into a vector
+// i.e. "C:\Users\Yuzu\Documents\save.bin" becomes {"C:", "Users", "Yuzu", "Documents", "save.bin" }
+[[nodiscard]] std::vector<std::string> SplitPathComponents(std::string_view filename);
+
+// Removes trailing slash, makes all '\\' into '/', and removes duplicate '/'. Makes '/' into '\\'
+// depending if directory_separator is BackwardSlash or PlatformDefault and running on windows
+[[nodiscard]] std::string SanitizePath(
+    std::string_view path,
+    DirectorySeparator directory_separator = DirectorySeparator::ForwardSlash);
+
+// Gets all of the text up to the last '/' or '\' in the path.
+[[nodiscard]] std::string_view GetParentPath(std::string_view path);
+
+// Gets all of the text after the first '/' or '\' in the path.
+[[nodiscard]] std::string_view GetPathWithoutTop(std::string_view path);
+
+// Gets the filename of the path
+[[nodiscard]] std::string_view GetFilename(std::string_view path);
+
+// Gets the extension of the filename
+[[nodiscard]] std::string_view GetExtensionFromFilename(std::string_view name);
+
+} // namespace Common::FS
diff --git a/src/common/logging/backend.cpp b/src/common/logging/backend.cpp
index 96efa977d..6aa8ac960 100644
--- a/src/common/logging/backend.cpp
+++ b/src/common/logging/backend.cpp
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
 #include <mutex>
 #include <thread>
 #include <vector>
+
 #ifdef _WIN32
-#include <share.h>   // For _SH_DENYWR
 #include <windows.h> // For OutputDebugStringW
-#else
-#define _SH_DENYWR 0
 #endif
+
 #include "common/assert.h"
+#include "common/fs/fs.h"
 #include "common/logging/backend.h"
 #include "common/logging/log.h"
 #include "common/logging/text_formatter.h"
@@ -148,19 +148,16 @@ void ColorConsoleBackend::Write(const Entry& entry) {
     PrintColoredMessage(entry);
 }
 
-FileBackend::FileBackend(const std::string& filename) {
-    const auto old_filename = filename + ".old.txt";
+FileBackend::FileBackend(const std::filesystem::path& filename) {
+    auto old_filename = filename;
+    old_filename += ".old.txt";
 
-    if (FS::Exists(old_filename)) {
-        FS::Delete(old_filename);
-    }
-    if (FS::Exists(filename)) {
-        FS::Rename(filename, old_filename);
-    }
+    // Existence checks are done within the functions themselves.
+    // We don't particularly care if these succeed or not.
+    void(FS::RemoveFile(old_filename));
+    void(FS::RenameFile(filename, old_filename));
 
-    // _SH_DENYWR allows read only access to the file for other programs.
-    // It is #defined to 0 on other platforms
-    file = FS::IOFile(filename, "w", _SH_DENYWR);
+    file = FS::IOFile(filename, FS::FileAccessMode::Write, FS::FileType::TextFile);
 }
 
 void FileBackend::Write(const Entry& entry) {
@@ -181,7 +178,7 @@ void FileBackend::Write(const Entry& entry) {
 
     bytes_written += file.WriteString(FormatLogMessage(entry).append(1, '\n'));
     if (entry.log_level >= Level::Error) {
-        file.Flush();
+        void(file.Flush());
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/common/logging/backend.h b/src/common/logging/backend.h
index 9dd2589c3..eb629a33f 100644
--- a/src/common/logging/backend.h
+++ b/src/common/logging/backend.h
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <chrono>
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
 #include <string_view>
-#include "common/file_util.h"
+#include "common/fs/file.h"
 #include "common/logging/filter.h"
 #include "common/logging/log.h"
 
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ public:
  */
 class FileBackend : public Backend {
 public:
-    explicit FileBackend(const std::string& filename);
+    explicit FileBackend(const std::filesystem::path& filename);
 
     static const char* Name() {
         return "file";
diff --git a/src/common/nvidia_flags.cpp b/src/common/nvidia_flags.cpp
index d537517db..d1afd1f1d 100644
--- a/src/common/nvidia_flags.cpp
+++ b/src/common/nvidia_flags.cpp
@@ -2,24 +2,30 @@
 // Licensed under GPLv2 or any later version
 // Refer to the license.txt file included.
 
-#include <filesystem>
-#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <cstdlib>
 
 #include <fmt/format.h>
 
-#include "common/file_util.h"
+#include "common/fs/file.h"
+#include "common/fs/fs.h"
+#include "common/fs/path_util.h"
 #include "common/nvidia_flags.h"
 
 namespace Common {
 
 void ConfigureNvidiaEnvironmentFlags() {
 #ifdef _WIN32
-    const std::string shader_path = Common::FS::SanitizePath(
-        fmt::format("{}/nvidia/", Common::FS::GetUserPath(Common::FS::UserPath::ShaderDir)));
-    const std::string windows_path =
-        Common::FS::SanitizePath(shader_path, Common::FS::DirectorySeparator::BackwardSlash);
-    void(Common::FS::CreateFullPath(shader_path + '/'));
-    void(_putenv(fmt::format("__GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_PATH={}", windows_path).c_str()));
+    const auto nvidia_shader_dir =
+        Common::FS::GetYuzuPath(Common::FS::YuzuPath::ShaderDir) / "nvidia";
+
+    if (!Common::FS::CreateDirs(nvidia_shader_dir)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const auto windows_path_string =
+        Common::FS::PathToUTF8String(nvidia_shader_dir.lexically_normal());
+
+    void(_putenv(fmt::format("__GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_PATH={}", windows_path_string).c_str()));
     void(_putenv("__GL_SHADER_DISK_CACHE_SKIP_CLEANUP=1"));
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/src/common/settings.cpp b/src/common/settings.cpp
index e29cbf506..bcb4e4be1 100644
--- a/src/common/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/common/settings.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <string_view>
 
 #include "common/assert.h"
-#include "common/file_util.h"
+#include "common/fs/path_util.h"
 #include "common/logging/log.h"
 #include "common/settings.h"
 
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ void LogSettings() {
         LOG_INFO(Config, "{}: {}", name, value);
     };
 
+    const auto log_path = [](std::string_view name, const std::filesystem::path& path) {
+        LOG_INFO(Config, "{}: {}", name, Common::FS::PathToUTF8String(path));
+    };
+
     LOG_INFO(Config, "yuzu Configuration:");
     log_setting("Controls_UseDockedMode", values.use_docked_mode.GetValue());
     log_setting("System_RngSeed", values.rng_seed.GetValue().value_or(0));
@@ -59,11 +63,11 @@ void LogSettings() {
     log_setting("Audio_EnableAudioStretching", values.enable_audio_stretching.GetValue());
     log_setting("Audio_OutputDevice", values.audio_device_id);
     log_setting("DataStorage_UseVirtualSd", values.use_virtual_sd);
-    log_setting("DataStorage_CacheDir", Common::FS::GetUserPath(Common::FS::UserPath::CacheDir));
-    log_setting("DataStorage_ConfigDir", Common::FS::GetUserPath(Common::FS::UserPath::ConfigDir));
-    log_setting("DataStorage_LoadDir", Common::FS::GetUserPath(Common::FS::UserPath::LoadDir));
-    log_setting("DataStorage_NandDir", Common::FS::GetUserPath(Common::FS::UserPath::NANDDir));
-    log_setting("DataStorage_SdmcDir", Common::FS::GetUserPath(Common::FS::UserPath::SDMCDir));
+    log_path("DataStorage_CacheDir", Common::FS::GetYuzuPath(Common::FS::YuzuPath::CacheDir));
+    log_path("DataStorage_ConfigDir", Common::FS::GetYuzuPath(Common::FS::YuzuPath::ConfigDir));
+    log_path("DataStorage_LoadDir", Common::FS::GetYuzuPath(Common::FS::YuzuPath::LoadDir));
+    log_path("DataStorage_NANDDir", Common::FS::GetYuzuPath(Common::FS::YuzuPath::NANDDir));
+    log_path("DataStorage_SDMCDir", Common::FS::GetYuzuPath(Common::FS::YuzuPath::SDMCDir));
     log_setting("Debugging_ProgramArgs", values.program_args);
     log_setting("Services_BCATBackend", values.bcat_backend);
     log_setting("Services_BCATBoxcatLocal", values.bcat_boxcat_local);
diff --git a/src/common/string_util.cpp b/src/common/string_util.cpp
index 7b614ad89..e6344fd41 100644
--- a/src/common/string_util.cpp
+++ b/src/common/string_util.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include <locale>
 #include <sstream>
 
-#include "common/common_paths.h"
 #include "common/logging/log.h"
 #include "common/string_util.h"
 
@@ -93,18 +92,6 @@ bool SplitPath(const std::string& full_path, std::string* _pPath, std::string* _
     return true;
 }
 
-void BuildCompleteFilename(std::string& _CompleteFilename, const std::string& _Path,
-                           const std::string& _Filename) {
-    _CompleteFilename = _Path;
-
-    // check for seperator
-    if (DIR_SEP_CHR != *_CompleteFilename.rbegin())
-        _CompleteFilename += DIR_SEP_CHR;
-
-    // add the filename
-    _CompleteFilename += _Filename;
-}
-
 void SplitString(const std::string& str, const char delim, std::vector<std::string>& output) {
     std::istringstream iss(str);
     output.resize(1);
diff --git a/src/common/string_util.h b/src/common/string_util.h
index a32c07c06..7e90a9ca5 100644
--- a/src/common/string_util.h
+++ b/src/common/string_util.h
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ void SplitString(const std::string& str, char delim, std::vector<std::string>& o
 bool SplitPath(const std::string& full_path, std::string* _pPath, std::string* _pFilename,
                std::string* _pExtension);
 
-void BuildCompleteFilename(std::string& _CompleteFilename, const std::string& _Path,
-                           const std::string& _Filename);
 [[nodiscard]] std::string ReplaceAll(std::string result, const std::string& src,
                                      const std::string& dest);