diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/ResultManager.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/ResultManager.cs
index 4ddc75cfe26..d21a4538645 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/ResultManager.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/ResultManager.cs
@@ -21,16 +21,15 @@ public static void Init(PluginInitContext context, Settings settings)
             Settings = settings;
         }
 
-        private static string GetPathWithActionKeyword(string path, ResultType type)
+        private static string GetPathWithActionKeyword(string path, ResultType type, string actionKeyword)
         {
-            // one of it is enabled
-            var keyword = Settings.SearchActionKeywordEnabled ? Settings.SearchActionKeyword : Settings.PathSearchActionKeyword;
-
-            keyword = keyword == Query.GlobalPluginWildcardSign ? string.Empty : keyword + " ";
+            // Query.ActionKeyword is string.Empty when Global Action Keyword ('*') is used
+            var keyword = actionKeyword != string.Empty ? actionKeyword + " " : string.Empty;
 
             var formatted_path = path;
 
             if (type == ResultType.Folder)
+                // the seperator is needed so when navigating the folder structure contents of the folder are listed
                 formatted_path = path.EndsWith(Constants.DirectorySeperator) ? path : path + Constants.DirectorySeperator;
 
             return $"{keyword}{formatted_path}";
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ internal static Result CreateFolderResult(string title, string subtitle, string
                 Title = title,
                 IcoPath = path,
                 SubTitle = Path.GetDirectoryName(path),
-                AutoCompleteText = GetPathWithActionKeyword(path, ResultType.Folder),
+                AutoCompleteText = GetPathWithActionKeyword(path, ResultType.Folder, query.ActionKeyword),
                 TitleHighlightData = StringMatcher.FuzzySearch(query.Search, title).MatchData,
                 CopyText = path,
                 Action = c =>
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ internal static Result CreateFolderResult(string title, string subtitle, string
                         }
                     }
 
-                    Context.API.ChangeQuery(GetPathWithActionKeyword(path, ResultType.Folder));
+                    Context.API.ChangeQuery(GetPathWithActionKeyword(path, ResultType.Folder, query.ActionKeyword));
 
                     return false;
                 },
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ internal static Result CreateFolderResult(string title, string subtitle, string
             };
         }
 
-        internal static Result CreateDriveSpaceDisplayResult(string path, bool windowsIndexed = false)
+        internal static Result CreateDriveSpaceDisplayResult(string path, string actionKeyword, bool windowsIndexed = false)
         {
             var progressBarColor = "#26a0da";
             var title = string.Empty; // hide title when use progress bar,
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ internal static Result CreateDriveSpaceDisplayResult(string path, bool windowsIn
             {
                 Title = title,
                 SubTitle = subtitle,
-                AutoCompleteText = GetPathWithActionKeyword(path, ResultType.Folder),
+                AutoCompleteText = GetPathWithActionKeyword(path, ResultType.Folder, actionKeyword),
                 IcoPath = path,
                 Score = 500,
                 ProgressBar = progressValue,
@@ -166,7 +165,7 @@ private static string ToReadableSize(long pDrvSize, int pi)
             return returnStr;
         }
 
-        internal static Result CreateOpenCurrentFolderResult(string path, bool windowsIndexed = false)
+        internal static Result CreateOpenCurrentFolderResult(string path, string actionKeyword, bool windowsIndexed = false)
         {
             var folderName = path.TrimEnd(Constants.DirectorySeperator).Split(new[]
             {
@@ -186,7 +185,7 @@ internal static Result CreateOpenCurrentFolderResult(string path, bool windowsIn
                 Title = title,
                 SubTitle = $"Use > to search within {subtitleFolderName}, " +
                            $"* to search for file extensions or >* to combine both searches.",
-                AutoCompleteText = GetPathWithActionKeyword(path, ResultType.Folder),
+                AutoCompleteText = GetPathWithActionKeyword(path, ResultType.Folder, actionKeyword),
                 IcoPath = path,
                 Score = 500,
                 CopyText = path,
@@ -217,7 +216,7 @@ internal static Result CreateFileResult(string filePath, Query query, int score
                 SubTitle = Path.GetDirectoryName(filePath),
                 IcoPath = filePath,
                 Preview = preview,
-                AutoCompleteText = GetPathWithActionKeyword(filePath, ResultType.File),
+                AutoCompleteText = GetPathWithActionKeyword(filePath, ResultType.File, query.ActionKeyword),
                 TitleHighlightData = StringMatcher.FuzzySearch(query.Search, Path.GetFileName(filePath)).MatchData,
                 Score = score,
                 CopyText = filePath,
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
index 8d477d8e9e4..99a1a7110ba 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ private async Task<List<Result>> PathSearchAsync(Query query, CancellationToken
             var retrievedDirectoryPath = FilesFolders.ReturnPreviousDirectoryIfIncompleteString(locationPath);
 
             results.Add(retrievedDirectoryPath.EndsWith(":\\") 
-                ? ResultManager.CreateDriveSpaceDisplayResult(retrievedDirectoryPath, useIndexSearch)
-                : ResultManager.CreateOpenCurrentFolderResult(retrievedDirectoryPath, useIndexSearch));
+                ? ResultManager.CreateDriveSpaceDisplayResult(retrievedDirectoryPath, query.ActionKeyword, useIndexSearch)
+                : ResultManager.CreateOpenCurrentFolderResult(retrievedDirectoryPath, query.ActionKeyword, useIndexSearch));
 
             if (token.IsCancellationRequested)
                 return new List<Result>();