Time Machine backup extract to windows

Hi,

I had a Mac OS X Macbook Pro 2011, and then switched over to a windows 10 laptop.

I have an external hard-drive that has a time machine backup.

ALL I NEED FROM THIS BACKUP are a couple of Pycharm Python files, THAT IS IT, I don't need much else from my backup.

I paid for HFS+ from Paragon Software to try this on my own; HOWEVER, when I use windows explorer to check the files in the time machine backup, ALL THE FILES HAVE A SIZE OF...0 KB!

Why is this??? How is this possible??? And is there any fix that I can do just to get these python files????

Thanks!