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Release notes
Bug fixes
- Fixed Firefox bookmark loading when profiles.ini uses different line endings.
- Reduced error log noise by treating missing shortcut descriptions as debug messages instead of errors.
- History results now appear on startup when the “Show History Results in Home Page” option is enabled, even if the home page is turned off.
- Context menus on the home page now open with the right arrow and show up-to-date options.
- Flow will now take keyboard focus on Windows startup (when not hidden), so you can type in the search box right away.
- Fixed an issue that could leave outdated data in settings or other stored files when saving a new version with shorter JSON content.
- Improved shell command handling for quoted paths and multi-word arguments. Command history now properly preserves your original input.
- Quoted commands now run correctly in the Windows CMD shell, and command launching via Windows Terminal is more reliable.
- Improved URL support for browser, file, about:, and data: links. Removed insecure ftp:// support.
- Improved URL matching for local and private IP addresses, including IPv6 support.
- Updated translations
- More reliable full screen detection on Windows with reduced chance of crashes.
- Fixed a bug that could set the app to the wrong language on startup.
- Search via acronyms has been fixed to properly work with results that contain numbers.
Contributions
We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.
@DavidGBrett, @dedonnodev, @Jack251970, @SparkUiX, @taooceros, @VictoriousRaptor and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.
A big thank you to @JakobOstgren for sponsoring us! ❤️

Release notes
Bug fixes
- Fixed blur theme backdrop, corner, and margin handling.
- Fixed canceled Program queries from caching empty results.
- Fixed a System.OverflowException in CustomScrollViewerEx mouse wheel handling.
- Fixed Program plugin .lnk shortcuts to show full descriptions and command-line options when longer than 260 characters.
- Fixed default browser detection for newer Windows versions while remaining compatible with older ones.
- Updated translations.
- Improved thumbnail and icon loading with smarter fallbacks.
- Improved image hashing to produce consistent results across image formats and DPI settings.
- Improved progress bar animation logic.
Contributions
We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.
@4yinn, @benello, @DavidGBrett, @LumiaGG, @monerofglory and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.

Release notes
Bug fixes
- Improved sound effect handling and fixed the application name in the volume mixer.
- Fixed the incorrect Pinyin search default option.
- Fixed a rare Alt+Tab case where the settings window stayed minimized when switched to.
- Improved Chinese character rendering.
- Improved the ranking of user folders in the Explorer plugin for higher placement.
- Fixed a rare Plugins Manager crash.
- Fixed Quick Access Link files not displaying their custom names in search results.
- Fixed a rare case where the settings window remained minimized when re-opened.
- Fixed a crash from editing a disabled Explorer plugin action keyword.
- Fixed a ReportWindow crash that occurred when the log directory was empty or missing.
- Improved the code quality for theme handling.
- Fixed relative path support for Python and Node.js executables.
- Fixed incorrect highlight matching when Everything is used.
- Updated translations.
Contributions
We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.
@DavidGBrett, @Jack251970, @JohnTheGr8, @VictoriousRaptor and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.

Release notes
Bug fixes
- Fixed a crash caused by an "Unable to cast object of type" error.
- Resolved a rare crash occurring when the progress bar animation failed to load completely.
- Fixed an issue where Explorer plugin's Quick Access results were missing from general search results.
- Updated translations
Contributions
We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.
@Jack251970 and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.

Release notes
Theming
We have moved to a new UI framework, themes with namespaces pointing to http://schemas.modernwpf.com/2019 will no longer work. Please update your themes by following the steps in this PR comment
Features
- Added a new option to show the taskbar when the search window opens.
- New action keywords for searching only folders or files in the Explorer plugin.
- Added an option to skip confirmation for power actions in the Sys plugin.
- Added a new setting to disable the thousands separator in the Calculator plugin.
- Added a max suggestion limit option to Search Query Autocomplete in the Web Search plugin.
- Web Search plugin search sources can now be moved up and down via drag and drop.
- New option in the URL plugin to always open URLs via HTTPS when the protocol is not specified.
- Added support for displaying .url file icons.
- New setting in the URL plugin to use a separate web browser profile for private mode and to manage window/tab behavior.
- Improved Flow's startup speed.
- Moved to a better-maintained UI Framework.
Bug fixes
- Fixed incomplete plugin directory deletion on uninstall.
- Fixed an issue in the Explorer plugin where the Shell Path selection dialog opened in the wrong location.
- Fixed search localization for the Program plugin.
- Fixed an issue where the Custom Query Hotkey did not work when in a result's context menu.
- Fixed a bug where the preview description was ignored when used to display text at the bottom of the preview panel.
- Fixed incorrect text highlighting when using pinyin queries.
- Fixed a bug that prevented the hide program function from working in the Program plugin.
- Fixed issues with Dialogue Jump and made its handling of dialogue windows more robust.
- Fixed issues and improved the search window's logic for handling user-typed queries.
- Fixed an issue where using a logon startup task to start Flow caused the process to be set to low priority by default.
- Updated missing translations.
Contributions
We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.
@01Dri, @AWAS666, @dcog989, @Heck-R, @Jack251970, @Jaysum57, @nilvanlopes, @onesounds, @sstream17, @umutKaracelebi, @VictoriousRaptor and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.
A big thank you to @calapine for sponsoring us! ❤️

Release notes
Bug fixes
- Added handling of the DWM composition errors
- Fixed an issue where the Program plugin did not finish indexing on startup if the 'Open Flow Launcher' hotkey was constantly pressed
- Fixed an issue with the Explorer plugin showing unrelated results while traversing a directory path
- Fixed an issue causing Dialog Jump to not work when in the root directory
- Updated translations
Contributions
We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.
@01Dri, @90gq29, @Jack251970
A big thank you to @benello for sponsoring us! ❤️

Release notes
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue where Flow's settings were not saved if the computer's shutdown or restart was initiated via the Sys plugin
- Fixed an issue causing Flow's animation sound effect to be missing after using Modern Standby sleep mode
- Fixed an issue with the Web Search plugin that could cause an ArgumentOutOfRangeException error when editing search sources in the settings
- Fixed a crash when opening a URL to a non-existent local file
- Fixed an issue where Flow was incorrectly determined to still be in portable mode after switching to installed mode in certain usage scenarios
- Updated translations
Contributions
We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.
@dcog989, @Jack251970

Release notes
Bug fixes
- Fixed missing Everything sort options in the plugin settings
- Fixed an issue where constantly changing language via settings could cause high memory
- Fixed an issue where the Appearance tab in settings would keep a wallpaper file locked and never release it
- Fixed issues with the Calculator plugin's handling of decimal separators and functions with multiple arguments
- Fixed text wrapping for the JsonRPC plugin's settings panels
- Optimised Program plugin's indexing lock logic
- Changed the log message for plugins manifest fetch failure to be more user-friendly
- Added handling of empty or corrupted favicons for Browser Bookmarks plugin
- Added missing translatable default strings for Default Browser and File Explorer in settings
- Fixed an issue where clearing the cache twice via settings will cause an error in the logs
- Translations updated
Contributions
We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.
@dcog989, @Jack251970

Release notes
Highlights
Dialog Jump
- Use Alt+G to quickly jump the Open/Save As dialog window path to the path of the active file manager.
- Search for a file/folder and quickly jump to its path in the Open/Save As dialog window. This is enabled via settings 'General' section.
Automatic Plugin Update Check
- A new option to enable automatic checking for plugin updates.
- A new update dialog will allow for selective plugin updating.
Release Notes Window
- A release notes window will be available when a new update arrives, allowing you to check the release notes directly from the app. You can also access this window from the "About" section in settings.
Double Pinyin Search
- When the "Search with Pinyin" option is enabled via settings, a new option for Double Pinyin search will also be available.
Previous Windows Versions
From this release onward, Flow will only be compatible with Windows 10, 11, and future versions. This is because the newer libraries and frameworks we plan to adopt are no longer compatible with older versions of Windows. Only v1.20.x will remain compatible with Windows 7 and above.
New & Updated Plugins
New and updated plugins will no longer be available for versions of flow prior to v2.0.0. This is because the default plugins have been upgraded to .NET 9, making them incompatible with older versions.
Features
- Added the ability to rename the Explorer plugin's Quick Access Links.
- Improved image icon loading performance.
- Web Search plugin can now set private mode for its queries.
- Added a new language: Srpski (Cyrillic).
- The Calculator plugin now works with either a comma or a dot as its thousands separator.
- Added a delete confirmation when deleting Quick Access Links and paths excluded from Windows Index search.
- The Sys plugin now displays all usable commands when its action keyword is triggered without a search query.
- Added an API function for plugins to determine whether the flow is currently using a dark theme.
- Added an API function for plugins to be invoked when the theme is changed.
- Added the ability for plugins to set their own query suggestion text via Result.QuerySuggestionText.
- The Program plugin now displays all programs when its action keyword is triggered without a search query.
- The Calculator plugin now supports using hexadecimal numbers.
- Added a new date and time format options: "dd MMMM yyyy" & "yyyy-MM-dd".
- Improved the UI for adding Quick Access Links.
- Improved the UI for adding action keywords.
- Added a new API function to show a message with custom buttons.
- Added a new option in the Explorer plugin to display a file or folder's size and age in the plugin result's tooltip.
- Added a new date format in the Explorer plugin's Preview Panel settings.
- Added folder information in the preview panel for folder results in the Explorer plugin.
- Added a new option to show the search window at topmost.
- Added ability for plugin to set a minimum required flow version. This is done via the plugin manifest by setting a "MinimumAppVersion" property.
- Updated to .NET 9.
Bug fixes
- Fixed some minor issues with the Explorer plugin's preview panel.
- Fixed an issue that caused a pop-up error message after opening a file's containing folder.
- Fixed a possible recursive image loading issue.
- Fixed a property binding issue in the Web Search plugin.
- Fixed an issue with mouse hovering on items in the "Plugins" section of settings.
- Corrected typos in the Calculator plugin's translation strings.
- Added a warning message to notify that the preview panel requires a minimum height to properly render content, maximum number of results set below this height may not take effect.
- Stopped a customized preview panel from being created when the preview is turned off.
- Fixed an issue that caused the flow to crash when the error report window's URL was invalid.
- Fixed missing translations and UI issues for some message boxes.
- Fixed an issue with the Browser Bookmark plugin that 

Release notes
Bug fixes
- Fix an issue where UWP changes are not monitored
- Fix an issue where the result selection hotkeys on the Home Page results not updated when visibility/modifier key is changed
- Fix an issue where Home Page not updated when language changes
- Fix an issue causing flow to crash when pasting into the search window
- Updated translations
- Fix an issue where the Plugin project's NuGet package does not have documentation generated
- Fix an issue causing incorrect Plugin version comparison
- Fix some minor UI issues with settings window
- Fix Explorer plugin's preview margin
- Pre-releases now include the associated PR in the release note
- Fix Shell plugin's cmd command parsing error
- Plugins Manager plugin can now be removed without impacting Plugin Store
- Fix culture info issue for plugins that use WinForm
Contributions
We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.
@Deigue, @Jack251970, @onesounds, @OrigamiDev-Pete, @VictoriousRaptor and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.

Release notes
Bug fixes
- Fixed the Browser Bookmark plugin taking a long time to load due to favicons. An option has been added to enable or disable favicons; after this release, favicons will be set to off by default. You can turn them on again via the plugin settings.
- Fixed an issue with the missing PendingLineStyle key in custom themes, which caused flow to error on startup.
- Fixed an unhandled external plugin exception that caused flow to crash after typing a search query.
- Fixed an issue with the Program plugin displaying a pop-up dialog when unable to resolve LNK shortcuts.
- Fixed button width not adjusting to text in plugin settings.
- Fixed minor issues found in the settings window UI.
- Added additional missing media types for display in the Preview window.
- Fixed an issue causing settings to fail to save.
- Fixed Explorer plugin settings panel display issue when scaling is greater than 125%.
- Added support for loading MSIX Firefox bookmarks.
- Fixed an index out of range error when loading Firefox bookmarks.
- Fixed an issue with running commands in pswh.exe.
- Added handling for when Everything installation fails and notifies the user.
- Fixed an issue causing the Web Search plugin to crash from certain URI paths.
- Added handling for plugin download exceptions from incorrect URLs.
- Fixed an issue with Web Search incorrectly opening URI file paths.
- Updated translations.
- Fixed issues related to search window maximization and Snap behaviors.
Contributions
We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.
@Jack251970, @onesounds, @stefanroelofs, @VictoriousRaptor and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.

Release Notes
Highlights
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- Use the Windows key to trigger flow.
- It is now possible to assign multiple action keywords to a plugin, e.g. set * to trigger on global search and b for plugin only results.
- New 'home page' feature allows plugins to add their results to the search window for quick access.
- Overall UI look and feel have been further refined
Previous Windows versions
On next feature release v2.0.0, Flow will only be compatible with Windows 10 & 11 onwards. This is because the newer libraries and framework we would like to move towards, are no longer compatible with older versions of Windows. This means v1.20.x will still be Windows 7+ compatible, but when v2.0.0 is released, flow may no longer be compatible with versions prior to Windows 10.
Features
- The preview panel now displays the age of files.
- All built-in plugins now follow the same version as Flow.
- The delete button logic for the Program plugin has been improved.
- You can now copy file names directly from Explorer plugin results.
- The application now supports having multiple records that stay on top of other windows.
- You can now filter plugins by type, including .NET, Python, Node.js, and executable plugins.
- The process killer has improved performance, and there is now an option to display window titles when managing processes.
- Results now feature badges for quick visual identification if the plugin supports it.
- Added new 'home page' feature for displaying plugin results and quick access.
- Minor UI tweaks on settings window controls have been implemented
- Added an option to clean the cache folder.
- The application now supports configurable placeholder text in the search window.
- Glyph icons have been added for System Plugin.
- The acrylic effect is now enabled on first launch.
- The application now supports SVG file icon loading and local favicons for Bookmark plugin results.
- A new configurable search delay has been added.
- You can now use a new command keyword to search for system commands.
- New API functions for Loading Bar Start and Stop are available.
- The main window now features a Fluent Window design, and many design UIs have been improved.
- The use of the Windows hotkey to trigger Flow is now enabled.
- Setting multiple action keywords per plugin is now supported.
- Shutdown, Restart, and Hibernate functions in the System Plugin have been improved.
- Windows Terminal has been added to Shell Plugins.
- Deleting plugin settings when uninstalling plugins is now supported.
- Logon Task support has been added for a faster application startup experience.
- Progress bar display for plugin downloading has been added.
- Process Killer will place on top the processes with visible windows.
- More date formats are now available in settings.
- Hebrew has been added to the available languages.
- New option to preserve the last action keyword have been added.
- ., ./lib, and ./plugin directory paths have been added to path for Python plugins.
- Data URI images are now supported as icons.
- Message box UI design has been improved, and also available via API call.
- A new API function BackToQueryResults has been added for changing the query list back to the query results list.
- Debug logging can now be enabled via settings.
- The Flow Launcher theme selector has been added to the System plugin.
- A new search order has been added to Explorer plugin.
- A new button has been added to the developer tools to access the cache folder easily.
Bug Fixes
- New translations have been added.
- The file deletion confirmation message has been updated.
- File explorer invocation has been fixed to ensure correct file selection behavior.
- A fix for opening folders has been added.
- A setting window navigation issue has been fixed.
- Auto-restart af

Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue causing Flow's settings window to freeze/blank out after returning from locking/sleeping the computer
- Updated translations

Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue causing input selection dialog not working for JSON-RPC plugins
- Fixed an URL format issue associated with plugin website links
- Updated translations

Bug fixes
- Addressed CVE-2024-43483 security vulnerability from a third-party library used by the Program plugin
- Fixed an issue related to the absence of Windows Media Player causing Flow to crash on startup
- Updated translations

Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue causing wrong positioning of the search bar on multi-monitor setups with different DPIs
- Updated translations

Bug Fixes
- Fixed Explorer plugin to show an "Enabled" column in Customize Action Keyword settings tab for better clarity over the status of action keywords.
- Fixed Node.js path select error in settings window.
- Translations have been added

Features
- Add external preview support.
Preview can now be changed to use any third party preview tools via a plugin.
- Added the ability to use QuickLook for previewing files.
Look for the QuickLook plugin in the Plugin Store.
- Explorer plugin can now open Windows native context menu via Alt + Enter or Flow's own context menu.
- The search window can now be resized with the mouse.
- Added support for installing plugin locally.
- Added ability in the search window to cycle through search history with Up Arrow or Alt + Up Arrow keys.
- Explorer plugin has a new added option to exclude specific file types.
- Added a new option to enable/disable Everything's run count in Explorer plugin.
- Updated Flow's error icon for better visual communication.
- Updated Explorer plugin icons to align with design standards.
- Added a special tray icon when running local development build.
- Add an option to hide uninstallers from results in the Program plugin.
- Flow's install file size has been slightly reduced.
- Refined the hotkey system for better user experience and functionality.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed QTTabBar support.
It can now be configured via settings.
- Fixed Explorer plugin's Everything search not honouring the max number of results that should be returned.
It now defaults to returning 100 results from search.
- Fixed an issues causing partial environment variable search to not work in Explorer plugin.
- Fixed an issue where mouse hovering over results was interfering with keyboard navigation.
- Added new translations, including new Vietnamese language support.
- Localized start-up messages about missing Python/NodeJS installation.
- Fixed a minor Plugin Manager setting panel UI issue.
- Fixed DPI scaling issues.
- Fixed search window's display positioning in certain setups.
- Correctly display clock and date preview in settings window based on the language selected.
- Fixed an issue where search queries were unnecessarily re-running.
- Tweaked minor issues in the settings window UI display.
- Made adjustments to the preview panel for better usability.
- Updated Program plugin's caching policy for improved performance.
- Ensured the settings window is centered correctly on first launch.
- Made adjustments to themes for better visual consistency.
- Fixed ComboBox control localization in the settings window to ensure new language change is reflected immediately.
- Fixed localization issues with ToggleSwitch controls in the settings window.
- Localized the start-up error message about not able to register hotkey.
- Minor fixes made to the Calculator plugin.
- Fixed an issue where animation sound was not working due to missing Windows Media Player on user machine.
- Added some support for screen readers to improve accessibility.
- Fixed Shell Plugin to use shell execute.

Features
- Program plugin now shows the target path when hovering over the result
- Context Menu's query speed has been improved for JsonRPC plugins
- Added a new feature ReQuery to the plugin API, allowing plugin developers to reload queries in order to refresh plugin result data
- Sound effect volume is now adjustable
- Added a new context menu for Program plugin to open the destination folder for resutls that are program shortcuts
- The search window will now be hidden when dragging results
- Added a new keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+C to copy the result path
Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue with Opera bookmarks
- Fixed Custom Query Shortcut logic when two or more share the same prefix
- Fixed Program plugin's indexer, which will now run when either Win32 or UWP application cache is empty
- Node plugins using V2 JsonRPC now works as expected
- Added new and updated translations
- Reworked image caching

Bug fixes
- Fixed a rare issue where Plugin Store could crash due to some missing added/released plugin dates
- Fixed new translations
- Fixed an issue causing JS/TS plugins to stop working
- Fixed an issue causing some Python plugins to be missing settings fields
- Fixed missing DuckDuckGo autocomplete search option in Web Searches plugin

Bug fixes
- Fixed Explorer plugin's Windows Index search returning no results
- Fixed the search window's clipboard paste issue
- Fixed tab to complete functionality missing action keyword

Bug fixes
- Updated Python from v3.8.9 to v3.11.4
- Published default plugins to the Plugin Store
- Fixed an issue where the resize bar is still draggable when preview is off
- Added explanation for using '@' prefix for custom shortcut
- Improved startup's hotkey registration failure popup message
- Fixed exclude path not working for index search
- Updated translations

Bug fixes
- Fixed an issue in Explorer plugin caused by Windows Search returning empty paths in its own result set
- Set the main Flow Launcher project as the default start up project
- Removed the irrelevant action keyword in Shell plugin's description
- Translations have been added/updated
- Fixed the translated Slovak language name in Flow's settings window

Features
- Improved how we fetch community plugin data, new plugin updates should now arrive on time
- Added Czech and Arabic Language Support
- New plugin API feature for .
Net plugins to monitor when the search window is visible/hidden
- New plugin API feature to manually hide the search window or check its visibility
- New search window animation slider to control how fast you want the animation to appear
- Shell plugin now supports Pwsh (PowerShell 7.x)
- New keyboard shortcut Ctrl + R to refresh results by rerunning the current query
- Clipboard copying functionality has been improved
Bug fixes
- New translation updates
- Fixed result comparison missing AutoComplete and CopyText fields
- Fixed ProcessKiller plugin to honor "Last Query Style" option after killing the process
- Fixed an issue with BrowserBookmarks plugin causing memory leaks on some occasions and locking up bookmark files
- Fixed an issue where auto startup option not working when there are spaces in flow's location path
- Resolved an issue where certain WindowsSettings plugin result fail silently when admin permission is required
- Resolved Plugin Store's refresh button issue causing search to not work after clicking
- Resolved occasional increased CPU and disk usage during Program plugin's startup

Features
- Added ability for Program plugin to open parent folder via Ctrl + Enter
- New option for Explorer plugin to open the folder instead of navigating the directry tree when pressing Enter
- The preview window can now be resized by mouse click and drag
- New options for Search window position
- Explorer plugin's Everything can now sort result based on its file action RunCount
Bug fixes
- Programs in Windows Start menu's startup folder will no longer be shown
- Fix an issue with image caching
- Fixed ProcessKiller plugin not updating its results after killing a process
- Fixed an issue with Files app intergration
- New translation updates
- Fixed Program plugin's duplicate results coming from Windows' registry
- Fixed an occasional problem with notification causing plugins to not install
- Fixed Explorer plugin's recursive search > not excluding whitespaces
- An issue with Plugin Store's version checking has been addressed
- Appearance section now has subtitle 'Theme' added
- An issue with WebSearch's column sorting has been fixed
- An issue for some users where there is no sound on search window activation has been addressed

- Fix Windows 11 22H2 (22621) notification error
- Fix main thread issue of LegacyShow()

Features
- Added custom Firefox browser support
- UI Improvement in Bookmarks plugin for managing custom browsers
Bug fixes
- Explorer plugin's Everything full path search can now be toggled on/off
- Adjusted sidebar texts in flow's settings window
- Fixed Sys plugin to show full path on delete confirm dialog
- Additional fixes for compatible preview hotkeys
- Translation fixes