Dolphin unable to write in My Documents folder

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Had a bunch of other issues that I wont go into but here is the culprit:
Every sub-folder in "Dolphin Emulator" folder in My documents folder is completely empty (image attached).

Tried:
- Deleted the folder and rebooted dolphin
- Disabled read only
- Ran as admin
- Changed system permissions
- Changed global directory
- Reinstalled latest version (tried both stable and dev)

Nothing worked. Any suggestions?