diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/SharedCommands/FilesFolders.cs b/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/SharedCommands/FilesFolders.cs
index a81ff8008..c41eddceb 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/SharedCommands/FilesFolders.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/SharedCommands/FilesFolders.cs
@@ -185,5 +185,23 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.SharedCommands
 
             return previousDirectoryPath;
         }
+
+        ///<summary>
+        /// Gets the previous level directory from a path string.
+        /// Does not check that previous level directory exists and returns
+        /// passed in string if is complete path
+        ///</summary>
+        public static string GetPreviousLevelDirectoryIfPathIncomplete(string path)
+        {
+            if (!path.EndsWith("\\"))
+            {
+                // not full path, get previous level directory string
+                var indexOfSeparator = path.LastIndexOf('\\');
+
+                return path.Substring(0, indexOfSeparator + 1);
+            }
+
+            return path;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Test/Plugins/ExplorerTest.cs b/Flow.Launcher.Test/Plugins/ExplorerTest.cs
index 508468ea1..7f049fe3e 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Test/Plugins/ExplorerTest.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Test/Plugins/ExplorerTest.cs
@@ -228,6 +228,19 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Test.Plugins
                 $"Actual path string is {previousDirectoryPath} {Environment.NewLine}");
         }
 
+        [TestCase(@"C:\NonExistentFolder\SomeApp", @"C:\NonExistentFolder\")]
+        [TestCase(@"C:\NonExistentFolder\SomeApp\", @"C:\NonExistentFolder\SomeApp\")]
+        public void WhenGivenAPath_ThenShouldReturnThePreviousDirectoryPathIfIncompleteOrOriginalString(
+            string path, string expectedString)
+        {
+            var returnedPath = FilesFolders.GetPreviousLevelDirectoryIfPathIncomplete(path);
+
+            //Then
+            Assert.IsTrue(returnedPath == expectedString,
+                $"Expected path string: {expectedString} {Environment.NewLine} " +
+                $"Actual path string is {returnedPath} {Environment.NewLine}");
+        }
+
         [TestCase("c:\\SomeFolder\\>", "scope='file:c:\\SomeFolder'")]
         [TestCase("c:\\SomeFolder\\>SomeName", "(System.FileName LIKE 'SomeName%' " +
                                                         "OR CONTAINS(System.FileName,'\"SomeName*\"',1033)) AND " +
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/DirectoryInfo/DirectoryInfoSearch.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/DirectoryInfo/DirectoryInfoSearch.cs
index 4ed63b7c3..c535fef99 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/DirectoryInfo/DirectoryInfoSearch.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/DirectoryInfo/DirectoryInfoSearch.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search.DirectoryInfo
         {
             var criteria = ConstructSearchCriteria(search);
 
-            if (search.IndexOfAny(Constants.SpecialSearchChars) >= 0)
+            if (search.LastIndexOf('>') > search.LastIndexOf('\\'))
                 return DirectorySearch(SearchOption.AllDirectories, query, search, criteria);
             
             return DirectorySearch(SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly, query, search, criteria);
@@ -33,12 +33,11 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search.DirectoryInfo
 
             if (!search.EndsWith("\\"))
             {
-                // not full path, get previous level directory string
                 var indexOfSeparator = search.LastIndexOf('\\');
 
                 incompleteName = search.Substring(indexOfSeparator + 1).ToLower();
 
-                if (incompleteName.StartsWith(">"))
+                if (incompleteName.StartsWith('>'))
                     incompleteName = "*" + incompleteName.Substring(1);
             }
 
@@ -51,15 +50,7 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search.DirectoryInfo
         {
             var results = new List<Result>();
 
-            var path = search;
-
-            if (!search.EndsWith("\\"))
-            {
-                // not full path, get previous level directory string
-                var indexOfSeparator = search.LastIndexOf('\\');
-
-                path = search.Substring(0, indexOfSeparator + 1);
-            }
+            var path = FilesFolders.GetPreviousLevelDirectoryIfPathIncomplete(search);
 
             var folderList = new List<Result>();
             var fileList = new List<Result>();
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
index f4d64157c..7bc038900 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search
 
         private bool WindowsIndexExists(string path)
         {
+            path = FilesFolders.GetPreviousLevelDirectoryIfPathIncomplete(path);
+
             return _indexSearch.PathIsIndexed(path);
         }