diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Languages/en.xaml b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Languages/en.xaml
index b7710d3324b..2fb16e0e1a4 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Languages/en.xaml
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Languages/en.xaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     <system:String x:Key="plugin_explorer_deletefilefolderconfirm">Are you sure you want to permanently delete this {0}?</system:String>
     <system:String x:Key="plugin_explorer_deletefilefoldersuccess">Deletion successful</system:String>
     <system:String x:Key="plugin_explorer_deletefilefoldersuccess_detail">Successfully deleted the {0}</system:String>
+    <system:String x:Key="plugin_explorer_globalActionKeywordInvalid">Assigning the global action keyword could bring up too many results during search. Please choose a specific action keyword</system:String>
 
     <!--Controls-->
     <system:String x:Key="plugin_explorer_delete">Delete</system:String>
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/Constants.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/Constants.cs
index db2eaa72291..38939e244a5 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/Constants.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/Constants.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ internal static class Constants
 
         internal const char AllFilesFolderSearchWildcard = '>';
 
+        internal const string DefaultContentSearchActionKeyword = "doc:";
+
         internal const char DirectorySeperator = '\\';
 
         internal const string WindowsIndexingOptions = "srchadmin.dll";
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/FolderLinks/QuickFolderAccess.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/FolderLinks/QuickFolderAccess.cs
index ebde039d680..8bd19956eab 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/FolderLinks/QuickFolderAccess.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/FolderLinks/QuickFolderAccess.cs
@@ -6,14 +6,10 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search.FolderLinks
 {
     public class QuickFolderAccess
     {
-        internal List<Result> FolderList(Query query, List<FolderLink> folderLinks, PluginInitContext context)
+        internal List<Result> FolderListMatched(Query query, List<FolderLink> folderLinks, PluginInitContext context)
         {
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(query.Search))
-                return folderLinks
-                        .Select(item =>
-                                    new ResultManager(context)
-                                            .CreateFolderResult(item.Nickname, item.Path, item.Path, query))
-                        .ToList();
+                return new List<Result>();
 
             string search = query.Search.ToLower();
             
@@ -24,5 +20,11 @@ internal List<Result> FolderList(Query query, List<FolderLink> folderLinks, Plug
                                                         .CreateFolderResult(item.Nickname, item.Path, item.Path, query))
                                      .ToList();
         }
+
+        internal List<Result> FolderListAll(Query query, List<FolderLink> folderLinks, PluginInitContext context)
+            => folderLinks
+                .Select(item => 
+                            new ResultManager(context).CreateFolderResult(item.Nickname, item.Path, item.Path, query))
+                .ToList();
     }
 }
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
index 6c0d186f169..5b50b7fada6 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
@@ -34,16 +34,19 @@ internal List<Result> Search(Query query)
 
             var querySearch = query.Search;
 
-            var quickFolderLinks = quickFolderAccess.FolderList(query, settings.QuickFolderAccessLinks, context);
+            if (IsFileContentSearch(query.ActionKeyword))
+                return WindowsIndexFileContentSearch(query, querySearch);
 
-            if (quickFolderLinks.Count > 0 && query.ActionKeyword == settings.SearchActionKeyword)
-                return quickFolderLinks;
+            // This allows the user to type the assigned action keyword and only see the list of quick folder links
+            if (settings.QuickFolderAccessLinks.Count > 0
+                && query.ActionKeyword == settings.SearchActionKeyword
+                && string.IsNullOrEmpty(query.Search))
+                    return quickFolderAccess.FolderListAll(query, settings.QuickFolderAccessLinks, context);
 
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(querySearch))
-                return results;
+            var quickFolderLinks = quickFolderAccess.FolderListMatched(query, settings.QuickFolderAccessLinks, context);
 
-            if (IsFileContentSearch(query.ActionKeyword))
-                return WindowsIndexFileContentSearch(query, querySearch);
+            if (quickFolderLinks.Count > 0)
+                results.AddRange(quickFolderLinks);
 
             var isEnvironmentVariable = EnvironmentVariables.IsEnvironmentVariableSearch(querySearch);
 
@@ -54,7 +57,11 @@ internal List<Result> Search(Query query)
             var isEnvironmentVariablePath = querySearch.Substring(1).Contains("%\\");
 
             if (!FilesFolders.IsLocationPathString(querySearch) && !isEnvironmentVariablePath)
-                return WindowsIndexFilesAndFoldersSearch(query, querySearch);
+            {
+                results.AddRange(WindowsIndexFilesAndFoldersSearch(query, querySearch));
+
+                return results;
+            }
 
             var locationPath = querySearch;
 
@@ -137,15 +144,17 @@ private List<Result> WindowsIndexTopLevelFolderSearch(Query query, string path)
 
         private bool UseWindowsIndexForDirectorySearch(string locationPath)
         {
+            var pathToDirectory = FilesFolders.ReturnPreviousDirectoryIfIncompleteString(locationPath);
+
             if (!settings.UseWindowsIndexForDirectorySearch)
                 return false;
 
             if (settings.IndexSearchExcludedSubdirectoryPaths
-                            .Any(x => FilesFolders.ReturnPreviousDirectoryIfIncompleteString(locationPath)
+                            .Any(x => FilesFolders.ReturnPreviousDirectoryIfIncompleteString(pathToDirectory)
                                         .StartsWith(x.Path, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
                 return false;
 
-            return indexSearch.PathIsIndexed(locationPath);
+            return indexSearch.PathIsIndexed(pathToDirectory);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/WindowsIndex/IndexSearch.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/WindowsIndex/IndexSearch.cs
index cca4f209d44..4f9325c7754 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/WindowsIndex/IndexSearch.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/WindowsIndex/IndexSearch.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ internal class IndexSearch
         private readonly ResultManager resultManager;
 
         // Reserved keywords in oleDB
-        private readonly string reservedStringPattern = @"^[\/\\\$\%]+$";
+        private readonly string reservedStringPattern = @"^[\/\\\$\%_]+$";
 
         internal IndexSearch(PluginInitContext context)
         {
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Settings.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Settings.cs
index 4e62b3cba2a..5b12870c822 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Settings.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Settings.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search.FolderLinks;
+using Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search;
+using Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search.FolderLinks;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 
@@ -22,6 +23,6 @@ public class Settings
         public string SearchActionKeyword { get; set; } = Query.GlobalPluginWildcardSign;
 
         [JsonProperty]
-        public string FileContentSearchActionKeyword { get; set; } = "doc:";
+        public string FileContentSearchActionKeyword { get; set; } = Constants.DefaultContentSearchActionKeyword;
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/ViewModels/SettingsViewModel.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/ViewModels/SettingsViewModel.cs
index e14a6ebb54e..7fcd77f0775 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/ViewModels/SettingsViewModel.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/ViewModels/SettingsViewModel.cs
@@ -54,5 +54,7 @@ internal void UpdateActionKeyword(string newActionKeyword, string oldActionKeywo
         }
 
         internal bool IsActionKeywordAlreadyAssigned(string newActionKeyword) => PluginManager.ActionKeywordRegistered(newActionKeyword);
+
+        internal bool IsNewActionKeywordGlobal(string newActionKeyword) => newActionKeyword == Query.GlobalPluginWildcardSign;
     }
 }
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Views/ActionKeywordSetting.xaml.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Views/ActionKeywordSetting.xaml.cs
index b9e5373b7c5..2957283ad1f 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Views/ActionKeywordSetting.xaml.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Views/ActionKeywordSetting.xaml.cs
@@ -51,8 +51,17 @@ private void OnConfirmButtonClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
 
                 return;
             }
+
+            if (settingsViewModel.IsNewActionKeywordGlobal(newActionKeyword) 
+                && currentActionKeyword.Description 
+                    == settingsViewModel.Context.API.GetTranslation("plugin_explorer_actionkeywordview_filecontentsearch"))
+            {
+                MessageBox.Show(settingsViewModel.Context.API.GetTranslation("plugin_explorer_globalActionKeywordInvalid"));
+
+                return;
+            }
             
-            if(!settingsViewModel.IsActionKeywordAlreadyAssigned(newActionKeyword))
+            if (!settingsViewModel.IsActionKeywordAlreadyAssigned(newActionKeyword))
             {
                 settingsViewModel.UpdateActionKeyword(newActionKeyword, currentActionKeyword.Keyword);