diff --git a/core/libs/tests/SaveDataFileWriteFailure.cpp b/core/libs/tests/SaveDataFileWriteFailure.cpp
index 740221e2fb..933392c62a 100644
--- a/core/libs/tests/SaveDataFileWriteFailure.cpp
+++ b/core/libs/tests/SaveDataFileWriteFailure.cpp
@@ -89,7 +89,13 @@ int main() {
     std::filesystem::remove(temporary);
 
     std::error_code symlinkError;
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    if (!CreateSymbolicLinkW(temporary.c_str(), unrelated.c_str(), SYMBOLIC_LINK_FLAG_ALLOW_UNPRIVILEGED_CREATE)) {
+        symlinkError = std::error_code(GetLastError(), std::system_category());
+    }
+#else
     std::filesystem::create_symlink(unrelated, temporary, symlinkError);
+#endif
 #ifdef _WIN32
     if (symlinkError == std::errc::permission_denied ||
         symlinkError == std::error_code(ERROR_PRIVILEGE_NOT_HELD, std::system_category())) {
@@ -100,8 +106,15 @@ int main() {
         Require(!symlinkError);
         Require(savedata::replace_file(savePath, replacement.data(), replacement.size()));
         Require(ReadFile(unrelated) == oldData);
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        const auto linkAttributes = GetFileAttributesW(temporary.c_str());
+        const auto saveAttributes = GetFileAttributesW(savePath.c_str());
+        Require(linkAttributes != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES && (linkAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT) != 0);
+        Require(saveAttributes != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES && (saveAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT) == 0);
+#else
         Require(std::filesystem::is_symlink(temporary));
         Require(!std::filesystem::is_symlink(savePath));
+#endif
         Require(ReadFile(savePath) == replacement);
         std::filesystem::remove(temporary);
     }
diff --git a/core/libs/tests/SaveDataMemoryJournal.cpp b/core/libs/tests/SaveDataMemoryJournal.cpp
index 89c0d79a82..e661a1fd1f 100644
--- a/core/libs/tests/SaveDataMemoryJournal.cpp
+++ b/core/libs/tests/SaveDataMemoryJournal.cpp
@@ -91,10 +91,16 @@ int main() {
 
     Require(std::filesystem::create_directory(temporaryPath));
     first.fill('q');
-    Require(sceSaveDataSetSaveDataMemory2(&set) == static_cast<int>(0x809F000Bu));
-    Require(Read(memoryPath) == expected);
+    Require(sceSaveDataSetSaveDataMemory2(&set) == 0);
+    std::copy(first.begin(), first.end(), expected.begin() + 8);
+    Require(Read(memoryPath) == expected && Read(aliasPath) == expected);
     Require(!std::filesystem::exists(journalPath));
-    Require(!std::filesystem::exists(temporaryPath));
+    Require(std::filesystem::is_directory(temporaryPath));
+    Require(std::filesystem::remove(temporaryPath));
+    const auto temporaryPrefix = temporaryPath.filename().string();
+    for (const auto& entry : std::filesystem::directory_iterator(memoryPath.parent_path())) {
+        Require(!entry.path().filename().string().starts_with(temporaryPrefix));
+    }
 
     Write(journalPath, Journal(16, "jour"));
     std::array<char, 4> got{};
diff --git a/core/libs/tests/SaveDataMemoryMetadata.cpp b/core/libs/tests/SaveDataMemoryMetadata.cpp
index 2f4820edc7..b3acb20559 100644
--- a/core/libs/tests/SaveDataMemoryMetadata.cpp
+++ b/core/libs/tests/SaveDataMemoryMetadata.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ template <typename Operation>
 static int FailWrite(const std::filesystem::path& path, [[maybe_unused]] std::size_t sizeLimit,
                      Operation&& operation) {
 #ifdef _WIN32
-    const auto locked = CreateFileW(path.c_str(), GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
+    const auto locked = CreateFileW(path.c_str(), GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ,
                                     nullptr, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, nullptr);
     Require(locked != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE);
     const int result = operation();