diff --git a/src/core/kernel/support/EmuFile.cpp b/src/core/kernel/support/EmuFile.cpp
index d98f98e9d..0b242b663 100644
--- a/src/core/kernel/support/EmuFile.cpp
+++ b/src/core/kernel/support/EmuFile.cpp
@@ -553,34 +553,35 @@ XboxDevice *CxbxDeviceByDevicePath(const std::string XboxDevicePath)
 
 int CxbxRegisterDeviceHostPath(std::string XboxDevicePath, std::string HostDevicePath, bool IsFile)
 {
-	int result = -1;
-	NTSTATUS status = (NTSTATUS)-1;
-
 	XboxDevice newDevice;
 	newDevice.XboxDevicePath = XboxDevicePath;
 	newDevice.HostDevicePath = HostDevicePath;
 
+	bool succeeded{ false };
+
 	// All HDD partitions have a .bin file to allow direct file io on the partition info
 	if (_strnicmp(XboxDevicePath.c_str(), DeviceHarddisk0PartitionPrefix.c_str(), DeviceHarddisk0PartitionPrefix.length()) == 0) {
-		std::string partitionHeaderPath = (HostDevicePath + ".bin").c_str();
-		if (!PathFileExists(partitionHeaderPath.c_str())) {
+		std::string partitionHeaderPath = HostDevicePath + ".bin";
+		if (!std::filesystem::exists(partitionHeaderPath)) {
 			CxbxCreatePartitionHeaderFile(partitionHeaderPath, XboxDevicePath == DeviceHarddisk0Partition0);
 		}
 
-		status = xbox::status_success;
+		succeeded = true;
 	}
 
 	// If this path is not a raw file partition, create the directory for it
 	if (!IsFile) {
-		status = SHCreateDirectoryEx(NULL, HostDevicePath.c_str(), NULL);
+		succeeded = std::filesystem::exists(HostDevicePath) || std::filesystem::create_directory(HostDevicePath);
 	}
 
-	if (status == xbox::status_success || status == ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS) {
+	if (succeeded) {
 		Devices.push_back(newDevice);
-		result = Devices.size() - 1;
+		return static_cast<int>(Devices.size()) - 1;
 	}
 
-	return result;
+	EmuLog(LOG_LEVEL::FATAL, "Failed to register host device (%s)\n", HostDevicePath.c_str());
+
+	return -1;
 }