diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Core/Plugin/JsonRPCV2Models/JsonRPCPublicAPI.cs b/Flow.Launcher.Core/Plugin/JsonRPCV2Models/JsonRPCPublicAPI.cs
index b8bfee591..2d49e4840 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Core/Plugin/JsonRPCV2Models/JsonRPCPublicAPI.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Core/Plugin/JsonRPCV2Models/JsonRPCPublicAPI.cs
@@ -173,5 +173,10 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Core.Plugin.JsonRPCV2Models
         {
             _api.OpenAppUri(appUri);
         }
+
+        public void BackToQueryResults()
+        {
+            _api.BackToQueryResults();
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher/Flow.Launcher.csproj b/Flow.Launcher/Flow.Launcher.csproj
index 570785be7..af09334cc 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher/Flow.Launcher.csproj
+++ b/Flow.Launcher/Flow.Launcher.csproj
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="PropertyChanged.Fody" Version="3.4.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="SemanticVersioning" Version="3.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="TaskScheduler" Version="2.11.0" />
-    <PackageReference Include="VirtualizingWrapPanel" Version="2.1.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="VirtualizingWrapPanel" Version="2.1.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher/Helper/WindowsInteropHelper.cs b/Flow.Launcher/Helper/WindowsInteropHelper.cs
index caf3f0a7f..3e57948a5 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher/Helper/WindowsInteropHelper.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher/Helper/WindowsInteropHelper.cs
@@ -148,4 +148,64 @@ public class WindowsInteropHelper
 
         return new Point((int)(matrix.M11 * unitX), (int)(matrix.M22 * unitY));
     }
+
+    #region Alt Tab
+
+    private static int SetWindowLong(HWND hWnd, WINDOW_LONG_PTR_INDEX nIndex, int dwNewLong)
+    {
+        PInvoke.SetLastError(WIN32_ERROR.NO_ERROR); // Clear any existing error
+
+        var result = PInvoke.SetWindowLong(hWnd, nIndex, dwNewLong);
+        if (result == 0 && Marshal.GetLastPInvokeError() != 0)
+        {
+            throw new Win32Exception(Marshal.GetLastPInvokeError());
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Hide windows in the Alt+Tab window list
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="window">To hide a window</param>
+    public static void HideFromAltTab(Window window)
+    {
+        var exStyle = GetCurrentWindowStyle(window);
+
+        // Add TOOLWINDOW style, remove APPWINDOW style
+        var newExStyle = ((uint)exStyle | (uint)WINDOW_EX_STYLE.WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW) & ~(uint)WINDOW_EX_STYLE.WS_EX_APPWINDOW;
+
+        SetWindowLong(new(new WindowInteropHelper(window).Handle), WINDOW_LONG_PTR_INDEX.GWL_EXSTYLE, (int)newExStyle);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Restore window display in the Alt+Tab window list.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="window">To restore the displayed window</param>
+    public static void ShowInAltTab(Window window)
+    {
+        var exStyle = GetCurrentWindowStyle(window);
+
+        // Remove the TOOLWINDOW style and add the APPWINDOW style.
+        var newExStyle = ((uint)exStyle & ~(uint)WINDOW_EX_STYLE.WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW) | (uint)WINDOW_EX_STYLE.WS_EX_APPWINDOW;
+
+        SetWindowLong(new(new WindowInteropHelper(window).Handle), WINDOW_LONG_PTR_INDEX.GWL_EXSTYLE, (int)newExStyle);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// To obtain the current overridden style of a window.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="window">To obtain the style dialog window</param>
+    /// <returns>current extension style value</returns>
+    private static int GetCurrentWindowStyle(Window window)
+    {
+        var style = PInvoke.GetWindowLong(new(new WindowInteropHelper(window).Handle), WINDOW_LONG_PTR_INDEX.GWL_EXSTYLE);
+        if (style == 0 && Marshal.GetLastPInvokeError() != 0)
+        {
+            throw new Win32Exception(Marshal.GetLastPInvokeError());
+        }
+        return style;
+    }
+
+    #endregion
 }
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher/MainWindow.xaml b/Flow.Launcher/MainWindow.xaml
index f5fd729d4..da9e1a5b5 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher/MainWindow.xaml
+++ b/Flow.Launcher/MainWindow.xaml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     Closing="OnClosing"
     Deactivated="OnDeactivated"
     Icon="Images/app.png"
+    SourceInitialized="OnSourceInitialized"
     Initialized="OnInitialized"
     Left="{Binding Settings.WindowLeft, Mode=TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}"
     Loaded="OnLoaded"
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher/MainWindow.xaml.cs b/Flow.Launcher/MainWindow.xaml.cs
index 8ca153afc..41dc68fd9 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher/MainWindow.xaml.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher/MainWindow.xaml.cs
@@ -171,6 +171,11 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher
             Environment.Exit(0);
         }
 
+        private void OnSourceInitialized(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        {
+            WindowsInteropHelper.HideFromAltTab(this);
+        }
+
         private void OnInitialized(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
         }
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher/NativeMethods.txt b/Flow.Launcher/NativeMethods.txt
index 2b147c05f..88eeeca6e 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher/NativeMethods.txt
+++ b/Flow.Launcher/NativeMethods.txt
@@ -14,4 +14,7 @@ FindWindowEx
 WINDOW_STYLE
 
 WM_ENTERSIZEMOVE
-WM_EXITSIZEMOVE
\ No newline at end of file
+WM_EXITSIZEMOVE
+
+SetLastError
+WINDOW_EX_STYLE
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark.csproj
index 03ac0491f..d7a626e1d 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.BrowserBookmark.csproj
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="9.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="9.0.1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/Constants.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/Constants.cs
index e7b43c555..4bddfd9b2 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/Constants.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/Constants.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search
         internal const string WindowsIndexErrorImagePath = "Images\\index_error2.png";
         internal const string GeneralSearchErrorImagePath = "Images\\robot_error.png";
 
-
         internal const string ToolTipOpenDirectory = "Ctrl + Enter to open the directory";
 
         internal const string ToolTipOpenContainingFolder = "Ctrl + Enter to open the containing folder";
@@ -31,6 +30,8 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search
 
         internal const string DefaultContentSearchActionKeyword = "doc:";
 
+        internal const char UnixDirectorySeparator = '/';
+
         internal const char DirectorySeparator = '\\';
 
         internal const string WindowsIndexingOptions = "srchadmin.dll";
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
index 8fd167476..12df6c145 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search
             var needToExpand = EnvironmentVariables.HasEnvironmentVar(querySearch);
             var path = needToExpand ? Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables(querySearch) : querySearch;
 
+            // if user uses the unix directory separator, we need to convert it to windows directory separator
+            path = path.Replace(Constants.UnixDirectorySeparator, Constants.DirectorySeparator);
+
             // Check that actual location exists, otherwise directory search will throw directory not found exception
             if (!FilesFolders.ReturnPreviousDirectoryIfIncompleteString(path).LocationExists())
                 return results.ToList();