diff --git a/src/lib/decode/gdbMi.js b/src/lib/decode/gdbMi.js
index f75d460..026947e 100644
--- a/src/lib/decode/gdbMi.js
+++ b/src/lib/decode/gdbMi.js
@@ -248,12 +248,45 @@ function splitMiListItems(listContent) {
  * @returns {string}
  */
 function unescapeMiString(value) {
-  return value
-    .replace(/\\\\/g, '\\')
-    .replace(/\\"/g, '"')
-    .replace(/\\n/g, '\n')
-    .replace(/\\r/g, '\r')
-    .replace(/\\t/g, '\t')
+  let result = ''
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < value.length; i++) {
+    const char = value[i]
+    if (char !== '\\') {
+      result += char
+      continue
+    }
+
+    const next = value[i + 1]
+    if (!next) {
+      result += '\\'
+      continue
+    }
+    i++
+
+    switch (next) {
+      case '\\':
+        result += '\\'
+        break
+      case '"':
+        result += '"'
+        break
+      case 'n':
+        result += '\n'
+        break
+      case 'r':
+        result += '\r'
+        break
+      case 't':
+        result += '\t'
+        break
+      default:
+        result += next
+        break
+    }
+  }
+
+  return result
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/lib/decode/gdbMi.test.js b/src/lib/decode/gdbMi.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c92ef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/decode/gdbMi.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// @ts-check
+
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+import { parseMiResultRecord, parseMiTupleList, stripMiList } from './gdbMi.js'
+
+describe('gdbMi', () => {
+  it('should keep backslashes in Windows paths when parsing MI tuples', () => {
+    const raw =
+      '^done,stack=[frame={level="0",fullname="C:\\\\Users\\\\xxx\\\\dev\\\\git\\\\boardlab\\\\test_workspace\\\\esp32backtracetest\\\\module2.cpp"}]'
+    const record = parseMiResultRecord(raw)
+    const frames = parseMiTupleList(stripMiList(record.stack), 'frame')
+    expect(frames).toStrictEqual([
+      {
+        level: '0',
+        fullname: String.raw`C:\Users\xxx\dev\git\boardlab\test_workspace\esp32backtracetest\module2.cpp`,
+      },
+    ])
+    expect(frames[0].fullname.includes('\t')).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('should decode escaped control chars in MI strings', () => {
+    const record = parseMiResultRecord(
+      '^done,msg="line1\\nline2\\t\\"quoted\\""'
+    )
+    expect(record.msg).toBe('line1\nline2\t"quoted"')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/lib/decode/riscv.test.js b/src/lib/decode/riscv.test.js
index c7347e3..0b75179 100644
--- a/src/lib/decode/riscv.test.js
+++ b/src/lib/decode/riscv.test.js
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ Backtrace stopped: previous frame inner to this frame (corrupt stack?)
 
 const miFramesOutput =
   '^done,stack=[frame={level="0",addr="0x4200007e",func="a::geta",file="/path/sketch.ino",fullname="/path/sketch.ino",line="11"},frame={level="1",addr="0x42000088",func="loop",file="/path/sketch.ino",line="21"},frame={level="2",addr="0x4c1c0042"}]'
+const miFramesOutputWindows =
+  '^done,stack=[frame={level="0",addr="0x420000a0",func="functionC",fullname="C:\\\\Users\\\\xxx\\\\dev\\\\git\\\\boardlab\\\\test_workspace\\\\esp32backtracetest\\\\module2.cpp",line="9"}]'
 
 const miArgsOutput =
   '^done,stack-args=[frame={level="0",args=[{name="this",type="a *",value="0x0"}]},frame={level="1",args=[{name="pvParameters",value="<optimized out>"}]}]'
@@ -593,6 +595,20 @@ Stack memory:
       ])
     })
 
+    it('should preserve Windows path separators when parsing MI frames', () => {
+      const frames = parseMiFrames(miFramesOutputWindows)
+      const parsed = frames.map(toParsedFrame)
+      expect(parsed).toStrictEqual([
+        {
+          regAddr: '0x420000a0',
+          method: 'functionC',
+          file: String.raw`C:\Users\xxx\dev\git\boardlab\test_workspace\esp32backtracetest\module2.cpp`,
+          lineNumber: '9',
+        },
+      ])
+      expect(parsed[0].file.includes('\t')).toBe(false)
+    })
+
     it('should parse MI stack arguments', () => {
       const args = parseMiStackArgs(miArgsOutput, '1')
       expect(args).toStrictEqual([