diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/WindowsIndex/IndexSearch.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/WindowsIndex/IndexSearch.cs
index 08511091e0e..cca4f209d44 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/WindowsIndex/IndexSearch.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/WindowsIndex/IndexSearch.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,12 @@ internal List<Result> ExecuteWindowsIndexSearch(string indexQueryString, string
                                 {
                                     if (dataReaderResults.GetValue(0) != DBNull.Value && dataReaderResults.GetValue(1) != DBNull.Value)
                                     {
-                                        var path = new Uri(dataReaderResults.GetString(1)).LocalPath;
+                                        // # is URI syntax for the fragment component, need to be encoded so LocalPath returns complete path   
+                                        var encodedFragmentPath = dataReaderResults
+                                                                    .GetString(1)
+                                                                    .Replace("#", "%23", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+                                        
+                                        var path = new Uri(encodedFragmentPath).LocalPath;
 
                                         if (dataReaderResults.GetString(2) == "Directory")
                                         {
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/plugin.json b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/plugin.json
index 67d2e731c43..7c6ef82b04c 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/plugin.json
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/plugin.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "Name": "Explorer",
   "Description": "Search and manage files and folders. Explorer utilises Windows Index Search",
   "Author": "Jeremy Wu",
-  "Version": "1.2.2",
+  "Version": "1.2.4",
   "Language": "csharp",
   "Website": "https://github.com/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher",
   "ExecuteFileName": "Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.dll",