diff --git a/Utilities/AutoPause.cpp b/Utilities/AutoPause.cpp
index f92ccd1cc0..0193fb8e3c 100644
--- a/Utilities/AutoPause.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/AutoPause.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ AutoPause::~AutoPause(void)
 //This would be able to create in a GUI window.
 void AutoPause::Reload(void)
 {
-	if (rExists("pause.bin"))
+	if (rIsFile("pause.bin"))
 	{
 		m_pause_function.clear();
 		m_pause_function.reserve(16);
diff --git a/Utilities/rFile.cpp b/Utilities/rFile.cpp
index 5ad8a67a3c..1dbce8b4af 100644
--- a/Utilities/rFile.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/rFile.cpp
@@ -126,6 +126,37 @@ bool get_file_info(const std::string& path, FileInfo& info)
 	return true;
 }
 
+bool rExists(const std::string& path)
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	return GetFileAttributesW(ConvertUTF8ToWChar(path).get()) != 0xFFFFFFFF;
+#else
+	struct stat buffer;
+	return stat(path.c_str(), &buffer) == 0;
+#endif
+}
+
+bool rIsFile(const std::string& file)
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	DWORD attrs;
+	if ((attrs = GetFileAttributesW(ConvertUTF8ToWChar(file).get())) == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES)
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return (attrs & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) == 0;
+#else
+	struct stat64 file_info;
+	if (stat64(file.c_str(), &file_info) < 0)
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return !S_ISDIR(file_info.st_mode);
+#endif
+}
+
 bool rIsDir(const std::string& dir)
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
@@ -147,7 +178,7 @@ bool rIsDir(const std::string& dir)
 #endif
 }
 
-bool rMkdir(const std::string& dir)
+bool rMkDir(const std::string& dir)
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	if (!CreateDirectoryW(ConvertUTF8ToWChar(dir).get(), NULL))
@@ -162,34 +193,49 @@ bool rMkdir(const std::string& dir)
 	return true;
 }
 
-bool rMkpath(const std::string& path)
+bool rMkPath(const std::string& path)
 {
-	size_t start=0, pos;
-	std::string dir;
-	bool ret;
+	size_t start = 0;
 
-	while (true) {
-		if ((pos = path.find_first_of("/\\", start)) == std::string::npos)
+	while (true)
+	{
+		// maybe it could be more optimal if goes from the end recursively
+		size_t pos = path.find_first_of("/\\", start);
+
+		if (pos == std::string::npos)
+		{
 			pos = path.length();
-
-		dir = path.substr(0,pos++);
-		start = pos;
-		if(dir.size() == 0)
-			continue;
-#ifdef _WIN32
-		if((ret = _mkdir(dir.c_str()) != 0) && errno != EEXIST){
-#else
-		if((ret = mkdir(dir.c_str(), 0777) != 0) && errno != EEXIST){
-#endif
-			return !ret;
 		}
+
+		std::string dir = path.substr(0, pos);
+
+		start = ++pos;
+
+		if (dir.size() == 0)
+		{
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (!rIsDir(dir))
+		{
+			// if doesn't exist or not a dir
+			if (!rMkDir(dir))
+			{
+				// if creating failed
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+
 		if (pos >= path.length())
-			return true;
+		{
+			break;
+		}
 	}
+
 	return true;
 }
 
-bool rRmdir(const std::string& dir)
+bool rRmDir(const std::string& dir)
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	if (!RemoveDirectoryW(ConvertUTF8ToWChar(dir).get()))
@@ -271,16 +317,6 @@ bool rCopy(const std::string& from, const std::string& to, bool overwrite)
 	return true;
 }
 
-bool rExists(const std::string& file)
-{
-#ifdef _WIN32
-	return GetFileAttributesW(ConvertUTF8ToWChar(file).get()) != 0xFFFFFFFF;
-#else
-	struct stat buffer;
-	return stat(file.c_str(), &buffer) == 0;
-#endif
-}
-
 bool rRemoveFile(const std::string& file)
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
@@ -386,6 +422,7 @@ bool rfile_t::open(const std::string& filename, u32 mode)
 	case o_trunc: disp = TRUNCATE_EXISTING; break;
 	case o_create | o_trunc: disp = CREATE_ALWAYS; break;
 	case o_create | o_excl: disp = CREATE_NEW; break;
+	case o_create | o_excl | o_trunc: disp = CREATE_NEW; break;
 	}
 
 	if (!disp || (mode & ~(o_read | o_write | o_create | o_trunc | o_excl)))
@@ -414,7 +451,7 @@ bool rfile_t::open(const std::string& filename, u32 mode)
 	if (mode & o_trunc) flags |= O_TRUNC;
 	if (mode & o_excl) flags |= O_EXCL;
 
-	if (((mode & o_excl) && (!(mode & o_create) || (mode & o_trunc))) || (mode & ~(o_read | o_write | o_create | o_trunc | o_excl)))
+	if (((mode & o_excl) && !(mode & o_create)) || (mode & ~(o_read | o_write | o_create | o_trunc | o_excl)))
 	{
 		LOG_ERROR(GENERAL, "rfile_t::open('%s') failed: unknown mode specified (0x%x)", filename, mode);
 		return false;
diff --git a/Utilities/rFile.h b/Utilities/rFile.h
index 208f320ec8..93bb522053 100644
--- a/Utilities/rFile.h
+++ b/Utilities/rFile.h
@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@ struct FileInfo
 };
 
 bool get_file_info(const std::string& path, FileInfo& fileInfo);
+bool rExists(const std::string& path);
+bool rIsFile(const std::string& file);
 bool rIsDir(const std::string& dir);
-bool rRmdir(const std::string& dir);
-bool rMkdir(const std::string& dir);
-bool rMkpath(const std::string& path);
+bool rRmDir(const std::string& dir);
+bool rMkDir(const std::string& dir);
+bool rMkPath(const std::string& path);
 bool rRename(const std::string& from, const std::string& to);
 bool rCopy(const std::string& from, const std::string& to, bool overwrite);
-bool rExists(const std::string& file);
 bool rRemoveFile(const std::string& file);
 bool rTruncate(const std::string& file, uint64_t length);
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Crypto/unpkg.cpp b/rpcs3/Crypto/unpkg.cpp
index e96895055c..9386c13581 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Crypto/unpkg.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Crypto/unpkg.cpp
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ bool UnpackEntry(const rfile_t& dec_pkg_f, const PKGEntry& entry, std::string di
 	{
 		auto path = dir + std::string(buf, entry.name_size);
 
-		if (rExists(path))
+		if (rIsFile(path))
 		{
 			LOG_WARNING(LOADER, "PKG Loader: '%s' is overwritten", path);
 		}
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ bool UnpackEntry(const rfile_t& dec_pkg_f, const PKGEntry& entry, std::string di
 	case PKG_FILE_ENTRY_FOLDER:
 	{
 		auto path = dir + std::string(buf, entry.name_size);
-		if (!rExists(path) && !rMkdir(path))
+		if (!rIsDir(path) && !rMkPath(path))
 		{
 			LOG_ERROR(LOADER, "PKG Loader: Could not create directory: %s", path.c_str());
 			return false;
diff --git a/rpcs3/Crypto/unself.cpp b/rpcs3/Crypto/unself.cpp
index 59a755d30b..1ad55c49bc 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Crypto/unself.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Crypto/unself.cpp
@@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ bool SELFDecrypter::GetKeyFromRap(u8 *content_id, u8 *npdrm_key)
 	std::string rap_path("dev_hdd0/home/" + pf_str + "/exdata/" + ci_str + ".rap");
 
 	// Check if we have a valid RAP file.
-	if (!rExists(rap_path))
+	if (!rIsFile(rap_path))
 	{
 		LOG_ERROR(LOADER, "This application requires a valid RAP file for decryption!");
 		return false;
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/FS/VFS.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/FS/VFS.cpp
index f43c0b4c51..f8046a8344 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/FS/VFS.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/FS/VFS.cpp
@@ -181,6 +181,18 @@ bool VFS::CreateDir(const std::string& ps3_path) const
 	return false;
 }
 
+bool VFS::CreatePath(const std::string& ps3_path) const
+{
+	std::string path;
+
+	if (vfsDevice* dev = GetDevice(ps3_path, path))
+	{
+		return rMkPath(path);
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 bool VFS::RemoveFile(const std::string& ps3_path) const
 {
 	std::string path;
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/FS/VFS.h b/rpcs3/Emu/FS/VFS.h
index dfe14048b9..b01cfe102a 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/FS/VFS.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/FS/VFS.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ struct VFS
 	vfsFileBase* OpenFile(const std::string& ps3_path, u32 mode) const;
 	vfsDirBase* OpenDir(const std::string& ps3_path) const;
 	bool CreateDir(const std::string& ps3_path) const;
+	bool CreatePath(const std::string& ps3_path) const;
 	bool RemoveFile(const std::string& ps3_path) const;
 	bool RemoveDir(const std::string& ps3_path) const;
 	bool ExistsFile(const std::string& ps3_path) const;
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/FS/vfsLocalDir.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/FS/vfsLocalDir.cpp
index 3d88c57b28..f9d456f868 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/FS/vfsLocalDir.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/FS/vfsLocalDir.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ bool vfsLocalDir::Open(const std::string& path)
 
 bool vfsLocalDir::Create(const std::string& path)
 {
-	return rMkdir(path);
+	return rMkDir(path);
 }
 
 bool vfsLocalDir::IsExists(const std::string& path) const
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ bool vfsLocalDir::Rename(const std::string& from, const std::string& to)
 
 bool vfsLocalDir::Remove(const std::string& path)
 {
-	return rRmdir(path);
+	return rRmDir(path);
 }
 
 bool vfsLocalDir::IsOpened() const
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/FS/vfsLocalFile.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/FS/vfsLocalFile.cpp
index 5bb7408b06..8d1ea4c405 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/FS/vfsLocalFile.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/FS/vfsLocalFile.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ bool vfsLocalFile::IsOpened() const
 
 bool vfsLocalFile::Exists(const std::string& path)
 {
-	return rExists(path);
+	return rIsFile(path);
 }
 
 bool vfsLocalFile::Rename(const std::string& from, const std::string& to)
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLGSRender.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLGSRender.cpp
index f794e88044..9a72e08aeb 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLGSRender.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLGSRender.cpp
@@ -610,10 +610,10 @@ void GLTexture::Save(RSXTexture& tex)
 	static const std::string& dir_path = "textures";
 	static const std::string& file_fmt = dir_path + "/" + "tex[%d].png";
 
-	if (!rExists(dir_path)) rMkdir(dir_path);
+	if (!rIsDir(dir_path)) rMkDir(dir_path);
 
 	u32 count = 0;
-	while (rExists(fmt::Format(file_fmt.c_str(), count))) count++;
+	while (rIsFile(fmt::Format(file_fmt.c_str(), count))) count++;
 	Save(tex, fmt::Format(file_fmt.c_str(), count));
 }
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/SysCalls/Modules/cellGame.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/SysCalls/Modules/cellGame.cpp
index cccc65d902..bf67d13c96 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/SysCalls/Modules/cellGame.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/SysCalls/Modules/cellGame.cpp
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 
 extern Module cellGame;
 
-std::string contentInfo = "";
-std::string usrdir = "";
+std::string contentInfo;
+std::string usrdir;
 bool path_set = false;
 
 s32 cellHddGameCheck(PPUThread& CPU, u32 version, vm::ptr<const char> dirName, u32 errDialog, vm::ptr<CellHddGameStatCallback> funcStat, u32 container)
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ s32 cellGameContentPermit(vm::ptr<char[CELL_GAME_PATH_MAX]> contentInfoPath, vm:
 {
 	cellGame.Warning("cellGameContentPermit(contentInfoPath=*0x%x, usrdirPath=*0x%x)", contentInfoPath, usrdirPath);
 
-	if (!contentInfoPath || !usrdirPath)
+	if (!contentInfoPath && !usrdirPath)
 	{
 		return CELL_GAME_ERROR_PARAM;
 	}
@@ -262,6 +262,17 @@ s32 cellGameContentPermit(vm::ptr<char[CELL_GAME_PATH_MAX]> contentInfoPath, vm:
 		return CELL_GAME_ERROR_FAILURE;
 	}
 
+	if (contentInfo.size() == 9 && usrdir.empty())
+	{
+		if (Emu.GetVFS().RenameDir("/dev_hdd0/game/TMP_" + contentInfo, "/dev_hdd0/game/" + contentInfo))
+		{
+			cellGame.Success("cellGameContentPermit(): gamedata directory created ('/dev_hdd0/game/%s')", contentInfo);
+		}
+
+		contentInfo = "/dev_hdd0/game/" + contentInfo;
+		usrdir = contentInfo + "/USRDIR";
+	}
+
 	strcpy_trunc(*contentInfoPath, contentInfo);
 	strcpy_trunc(*usrdirPath, usrdir);
 
@@ -381,28 +392,31 @@ s32 cellGameCreateGameData(vm::ptr<CellGameSetInitParams> init, vm::ptr<char[CEL
 {
 	cellGame.Error("cellGameCreateGameData(init=*0x%x, tmp_contentInfoPath=*0x%x, tmp_usrdirPath=*0x%x)", init, tmp_contentInfoPath, tmp_usrdirPath);
 
-	std::string title = init->title;
-	contentInfo = "/dev_hdd0/game/" + title;
-	usrdir = "/dev_hdd0/game/" + title + "/USRDIR";
+	std::string dir = init->titleId;
+	std::string tmp_contentInfo = "/dev_hdd0/game/TMP_" + dir;
+	std::string tmp_usrdir = "/dev_hdd0/game/TMP_" + dir + "/USRDIR";
 
-	if (!Emu.GetVFS().CreateDir(contentInfo))
+	if (!Emu.GetVFS().CreateDir(tmp_contentInfo))
 	{
-		cellGame.Error("cellGameCreateGameData(): failed to create content directory ('%s')", contentInfo);
+		cellGame.Error("cellGameCreateGameData(): failed to create content directory ('%s')", tmp_contentInfo);
 		return CELL_GAME_ERROR_ACCESS_ERROR; // ???
 	}
 
-	if (!Emu.GetVFS().CreateDir(usrdir))
+	if (!Emu.GetVFS().CreateDir(tmp_usrdir))
 	{
-		cellGame.Error("cellGameCreateGameData(): failed to create USRDIR directory ('%s')", usrdir);
+		cellGame.Error("cellGameCreateGameData(): failed to create USRDIR directory ('%s')", tmp_usrdir);
 		return CELL_GAME_ERROR_ACCESS_ERROR; // ???
 	}
 
 	// cellGameContentPermit should then move files in non-temporary location and return their non-temporary displacement
-	strcpy_trunc(*tmp_contentInfoPath, contentInfo);
-	strcpy_trunc(*tmp_usrdirPath, usrdir);
+	strcpy_trunc(*tmp_contentInfoPath, tmp_contentInfo);
+	strcpy_trunc(*tmp_usrdirPath, tmp_usrdir);
+
+	contentInfo = dir;
+	usrdir.clear();
 	path_set = true;
 
-	cellGame.Success("cellGameCreateGameData(): gamedata directory created ('%s')", contentInfo);
+	cellGame.Success("cellGameCreateGameData(): temporary gamedata directory created ('%s')", tmp_contentInfo);
 
 	// TODO: set initial PARAM.SFO parameters
 	
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/SysCalls/lv2/sys_fs.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/SysCalls/lv2/sys_fs.cpp
index dd40006839..1ff4bf615c 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/SysCalls/lv2/sys_fs.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/SysCalls/lv2/sys_fs.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ s32 sys_fs_open(vm::ptr<const char> path, s32 flags, vm::ptr<u32> fd, s32 mode,
 
 	if (flags & CELL_FS_O_EXCL)
 	{
-		if ((flags & CELL_FS_O_CREAT) && !(flags & CELL_FS_O_TRUNC))
+		if (flags & CELL_FS_O_CREAT)
 		{
 			open_mode |= o_excl;
 		}
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ s32 sys_fs_open(vm::ptr<const char> path, s32 flags, vm::ptr<u32> fd, s32 mode,
 	if (!file || !file->IsOpened())
 	{
 		sys_fs.Error("sys_fs_open(): failed to open '%s' (flags=%#o, mode=%#o)", path.get_ptr(), flags, mode);
+
+		if (open_mode & o_excl)
+		{
+			return CELL_FS_EEXIST; // approximation
+		}
+
 		return CELL_FS_ENOENT;
 	}
 	
@@ -334,7 +340,7 @@ s32 sys_fs_mkdir(vm::ptr<const char> path, s32 mode)
 		return CELL_FS_EEXIST;
 	}
 
-	if (!Emu.GetVFS().CreateDir(_path))
+	if (!Emu.GetVFS().CreatePath(_path))
 	{
 		return CELL_FS_EIO; // ???
 	}
@@ -384,14 +390,14 @@ s32 sys_fs_rmdir(vm::ptr<const char> path)
 
 	std::string _path = path.get_ptr();
 
+	if (!Emu.GetVFS().ExistsDir(_path))
+	{
+		return CELL_FS_ENOENT;
+	}
+
 	if (!Emu.GetVFS().RemoveDir(_path))
 	{
-		if (Emu.GetVFS().ExistsDir(_path))
-		{
-			return CELL_FS_EIO; // ???
-		}
-
-		return CELL_FS_ENOENT;
+		return CELL_FS_EIO; // ???
 	}
 
 	sys_fs.Notice("sys_fs_rmdir(): directory '%s' removed", path.get_ptr());
@@ -405,14 +411,14 @@ s32 sys_fs_unlink(vm::ptr<const char> path)
 
 	std::string _path = path.get_ptr();
 
+	if (!Emu.GetVFS().ExistsFile(_path))
+	{
+		return CELL_FS_ENOENT;
+	}
+
 	if (!Emu.GetVFS().RemoveFile(_path))
 	{
-		if (Emu.GetVFS().ExistsFile(_path))
-		{
-			return CELL_FS_EIO; // ???
-		}
-
-		return CELL_FS_ENOENT;
+		return CELL_FS_EIO; // ???
 	}
 
 	sys_fs.Notice("sys_fs_unlink(): file '%s' deleted", path.get_ptr());
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
index f5ee8d4b15..f6dbac5d38 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ void Emulator::Load()
 {
 	GetModuleManager().Init();
 
-	if (!rExists(m_path)) return;
+	if (!rIsFile(m_path)) return;
 
 	if (IsSelf(m_path))
 	{
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ void Emulator::SavePoints(const std::string& path)
 
 void Emulator::LoadPoints(const std::string& path)
 {
-	if (!rExists(path)) return;
+	if (!rIsFile(path)) return;
 	std::ifstream f(path, std::ios::binary);
 	if (!f.is_open())
 		return;
diff --git a/rpcs3/Gui/AutoPauseManager.cpp b/rpcs3/Gui/AutoPauseManager.cpp
index 4954452f61..66f86355b8 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Gui/AutoPauseManager.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Gui/AutoPauseManager.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ void AutoPauseManagerDialog::LoadEntries(void)
 	m_entries.clear();
 	m_entries.reserve(16);
 
-	if (rExists("pause.bin"))
+	if (rIsFile("pause.bin"))
 	{
 		rfile_t list("pause.bin");
 		//System calls ID and Function calls ID are all u32 iirc.
diff --git a/rpcs3/Loader/PKG.cpp b/rpcs3/Loader/PKG.cpp
index 7a20598c83..a87f7af6c3 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Loader/PKG.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Loader/PKG.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ bool PKGLoader::Install(const rfile_t& pkg_f, std::string dest)
 	
 	std::string titleID = std::string(title_id).substr(7, 9);
 
-	if (rExists(dest + titleID))
+	if (rIsDir(dest + titleID))
 	{
 		if (rMessageDialog(NULL, "Another installation found. Do you want to overwrite it?", "PKG Decrypter / Installer", rYES_NO | rCENTRE).ShowModal() != rID_YES)
 		{
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ bool PKGLoader::Install(const rfile_t& pkg_f, std::string dest)
 			return false;
 		}
 	}
-	else if (!rMkdir(dest + titleID))
+	else if (!rMkDir(dest + titleID))
 	{
 		LOG_ERROR(LOADER, "PKG Loader: Could not create the installation directory: %s", titleID.c_str());
 		return false;
diff --git a/rpcs3/Loader/TROPUSR.cpp b/rpcs3/Loader/TROPUSR.cpp
index 31f99d86f4..d7ba52d755 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Loader/TROPUSR.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Loader/TROPUSR.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ bool TROPUSRLoader::Load(const std::string& filepath, const std::string& configp
 	if (m_file)
 		Close();
 
-	// TODO: This seems to be always true... A bug in ExistsFile() ?
 	if (!Emu.GetVFS().ExistsFile(filepath))
 		Generate(filepath, configpath);