Index: src/main/java/org/jboss/virtual/plugins/context/zip/ZipEntryContext.java
===================================================================
--- src/main/java/org/jboss/virtual/plugins/context/zip/ZipEntryContext.java	(revision 97770)
+++ src/main/java/org/jboss/virtual/plugins/context/zip/ZipEntryContext.java	(working copy)
@@ -328,7 +328,12 @@
    {
       File file = null;
       String relative = null;
-      File fp = new File(VFSUtils.decode(rootPath));
+      File fp;
+      try {
+    	  fp = new File(new URI("file:" + rootPath));
+      } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+    	  throw new IllegalArgumentException("localRootURL URL contained invalid URI characters", e);
+      }
       if (fp.exists())
       {
          file = fp;