diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/PluginFactory.Download.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/PluginFactory.Download.cs
index d1e5507b..89dacd79 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/PluginFactory.Download.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/PluginFactory.Download.cs	
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public static partial class PluginFactory
                 await response.Content.CopyToAsync(tempFileStream, cancellationToken);
             }
 
-            ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(tempDownloadFile, stagedDirectory);
+            ExtractConfigPluginArchive(tempDownloadFile, stagedDirectory);
 
             var configDirectory = Path.Join(CONFIGURATION_PLUGINS_ROOT, configPlugId.ToString());
             if (Directory.Exists(configDirectory))
@@ -129,4 +129,70 @@ public static partial class PluginFactory
         
         return wasSuccessful;
     }
+
+    // Compatibility shim for Windows-created ZIPs with backslashes in entry names (dotnet/runtime#27620).
+    // See documentation/compatibility-shims/2026-07-enterprise-config-zip-backslashes.md.
+    private static void ExtractConfigPluginArchive(string sourceArchiveFileName, string destinationDirectory)
+    {
+        using var archive = ZipFile.OpenRead(sourceArchiveFileName);
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(destinationDirectory);
+
+        var destinationDirectoryFullPath = Path.GetFullPath(destinationDirectory);
+        if (!destinationDirectoryFullPath.EndsWith(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar))
+            destinationDirectoryFullPath += Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
+
+        foreach (var entry in archive.Entries)
+        {
+            var normalizedEntryName = NormalizeConfigPluginZipEntryName(entry.FullName);
+            var destinationPath = GetConfigPluginZipEntryDestinationPath(destinationDirectoryFullPath, normalizedEntryName);
+
+            if (normalizedEntryName.EndsWith('/'))
+            {
+                if (entry.Length != 0)
+                    throw new InvalidDataException($"The enterprise configuration plugin archive contains a directory entry with data: '{entry.FullName}'.");
+
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(destinationPath);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(destinationPath)!);
+            entry.ExtractToFile(destinationPath);
+        }
+
+        if (!Directory.EnumerateFiles(destinationDirectory, "plugin.lua", SearchOption.AllDirectories).Any())
+            throw new InvalidDataException("The enterprise configuration plugin archive does not contain a plugin.lua file.");
+    }
+
+    private static string NormalizeConfigPluginZipEntryName(string entryName)
+    {
+        var normalizedEntryName = entryName.Replace('\\', '/');
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(normalizedEntryName))
+            throw new InvalidDataException("The enterprise configuration plugin archive contains an empty entry name.");
+
+        if (normalizedEntryName.Contains('\0'))
+            throw new InvalidDataException($"The enterprise configuration plugin archive contains an invalid entry name: '{entryName}'.");
+
+        if (normalizedEntryName.StartsWith('/'))
+            throw new InvalidDataException($"The enterprise configuration plugin archive contains a rooted entry name: '{entryName}'.");
+
+        if (normalizedEntryName is [_, ':', ..])
+            throw new InvalidDataException($"The enterprise configuration plugin archive contains a drive-qualified entry name: '{entryName}'.");
+
+        var pathSegments = normalizedEntryName.Split('/', StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
+        if (pathSegments.Length == 0 || pathSegments.Any(segment => segment is "." or ".."))
+            throw new InvalidDataException($"The enterprise configuration plugin archive contains an unsafe entry name: '{entryName}'.");
+
+        return normalizedEntryName;
+    }
+
+    private static string GetConfigPluginZipEntryDestinationPath(string destinationDirectoryFullPath, string normalizedEntryName)
+    {
+        var pathSegments = normalizedEntryName.Split('/', StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
+        var relativePath = Path.Combine(pathSegments);
+        var destinationPath = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(destinationDirectoryFullPath, relativePath));
+        if (!destinationPath.StartsWith(destinationDirectoryFullPath, StringComparison.Ordinal))
+            throw new InvalidDataException($"The enterprise configuration plugin archive contains an entry outside the destination directory: '{normalizedEntryName}'.");
+
+        return destinationPath;
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/wwwroot/changelog/v26.7.3.md b/app/MindWork AI Studio/wwwroot/changelog/v26.7.3.md
index 29fc7499..3b08da60 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/wwwroot/changelog/v26.7.3.md	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/wwwroot/changelog/v26.7.3.md	
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # v26.7.3, build 245 (2026-07-xx xx:xx UTC)
-- Improved the "My Tasks Assistant": you can now provide one or more documents in addition to text or use documents alone when asking to identify tasks.
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+- Improved the "My Tasks Assistant": you can now provide one or more documents in addition to text or use documents alone when asking to identify tasks.
+- Fixed enterprise configuration plugins from Windows-created ZIP files not loading correctly on Linux when the ZIP contained plugin files inside a folder.
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diff --git a/documentation/compatibility-shims/2026-07-enterprise-config-zip-backslashes.md b/documentation/compatibility-shims/2026-07-enterprise-config-zip-backslashes.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2cfc77f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/compatibility-shims/2026-07-enterprise-config-zip-backslashes.md
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Enterprise Configuration ZIP Backslashes
+
+- Status: Active
+- Introduced: 2026-07-09
+- Remove after: when Microsoft fixes dotnet/runtime#27620 and dotnet/runtime#41914
+- Code references:
+  - `app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/PluginSystem/PluginFactory.Download.cs`
+
+## User Impact
+
+Some enterprise administrators create configuration plugin ZIP files on Windows. Depending on the packaging tool, entries inside the ZIP may use Windows-style backslashes, for example `O\plugin.lua`.
+
+Without this shim, Unix systems extract those entries as files whose names contain literal backslash characters. The plugin loader then cannot find `plugin.lua`, so the enterprise configuration plugin is not activated.
+
+## Compatibility Behavior
+
+AI Studio manually extracts downloaded enterprise configuration plugin ZIP files. During extraction, entry names are normalized so both `/` and `\` are treated as archive path separators.
+
+The extraction still preserves the archive structure and validates each entry before writing it to disk. Rooted paths, drive-qualified paths, and parent-directory traversal paths are rejected.
+
+This works around the behavior described in dotnet/runtime#27620. A related upstream context for ZIP entry creation is dotnet/runtime#41914, where the ZIP specification requirement for forward slashes is discussed.
+
+## Removal Checklist
+
+- Confirm supported .NET runtimes and administrator packaging guidance no longer require accepting backslashes in enterprise ZIP entry names.
+- Replace the manual enterprise configuration plugin ZIP extraction with `ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(...)`.
+- Remove `ExtractConfigPluginArchive(...)`, `NormalizeConfigPluginZipEntryName(...)`, and `GetConfigPluginZipEntryDestinationPath(...)`.
+- Update this document's status to `Removed`.