writeTextAsync = (path, text) ->
    # First try if an existing file can be written
    Windows.Storage.PathIO.writeTextAsync(path, text)
    .then null, (error) ->
      [_, folder, subFolders, fileName] = /^ms-appdata:\/\/\/(temp|local|roaming)\/(.+?)\/([\w]+\.?\w+)$/.exec(path)
      folder = "temporary" if folder is "temp"

      createSubFolders = subFolders.split("/").reduce((promise, folderName) ->
        promise = promise.then (folder) ->
          folder.createFolderAsync(folderName, Windows.Storage.CreationCollisionOption.openIfExists)
      , WinJS.Promise.as(Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.current["#{folder}Folder"]))
      createSubFolders.then (folder) ->
        folder.createFileAsync(fileName, Windows.Storage.CreationCollisionOption.openIfExists)
    .then (file) ->
      Windows.Storage.FileIO.writeTextAsync(file, text)

  writeTextAsync("ms-appdata:///temp/apifail/file.txt", "This is how Windows.Storage.PathIO.writeTextAsync should have worked in the first place")
  .done null, (error) ->
    logger.error("Could not write file")