Filepath issue downloading from WIN server

[danrademacher]

Cross posted from https://wordpress.org/support/topic/filepath-issue-downloading-from-win-server/#new-topic-0

I am trying to use WP Migrate Lite as advertised to do an export and run a site locally using the Local app. This is for a site I help maintain but where I don’t have server access. The host server is a Windows machine (Microsoft-IIS/10.0), while I’m on a Mac (which may be relevant).

I followed the instructions at https://deliciousbrains.com/wp-migrate-db-pro/doc/importing-wordpress-local-development-environment/ and downloaded everything except WP Core. Then I dragged the zip onto the import screen.

I got an immediate “Error on importing a Zip file”

I unzipped the export to inspect it and I saw that the file paths seem garbled:

Inside a folder called files\wp-content there is a list of folders that look like this — these are the exact names, including slashes:

mu-plugins\

mu-plugins\\force-strong-passwords

mu-plugins\\force-strong-passwords\languages

plugins

plugins\\acf-better-search

plugins\\acf-better-search\assets\build\css

plugins\\acf-better-search\assets\build\js

plugins\\acf-better-search\src

plugins\\acf-better-search\src\Admin

plugins\\acf-better-search\src\Helper

plugins\\acf-better-search\src\Notice

plugins\\acf-better-search\src\Search

plugins\\acf-better-search\src\Settings

plugins\\acf-better-search\templates\components\notices
....

The plugins folder is empty, and then all the folders below it look like they should be in that folder but are not. Same with Uploads.

This might be a duplicate of #153 where the screenshot loks like it might contain garbled WIN filepaths.