diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/Constants.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/Constants.cs
index 2953e4329..a299f24c3 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/Constants.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/Constants.cs
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search
 
         internal const string DefaultFolderSubtitleString = "Ctrl + Enter to open the directory";
 
-        internal static readonly char[] SpecialSearchChars = new char[]
-        {
-            '?', '*', '>'
-        };
+        internal const char AllFilesFolderSearchWildcard = '>';
+
+        internal const char DirectorySeperator = '\\';
     }
 }
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/DirectoryInfo/DirectoryInfoSearch.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/DirectoryInfo/DirectoryInfoSearch.cs
index c535fef99..f68e8143e 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.LastIndexOf('>') > search.LastIndexOf('\\'))
+            if (search.LastIndexOf(Constants.AllFilesFolderSearchWildcard) > search.LastIndexOf(Constants.DirectorySeperator))
                 return DirectorySearch(SearchOption.AllDirectories, query, search, criteria);
             
             return DirectorySearch(SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly, query, search, criteria);
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search.DirectoryInfo
         {
             string incompleteName = "";
 
-            if (!search.EndsWith("\\"))
+            if (!search.EndsWith(Constants.DirectorySeperator))
             {
-                var indexOfSeparator = search.LastIndexOf('\\');
+                var indexOfSeparator = search.LastIndexOf(Constants.DirectorySeperator);
 
                 incompleteName = search.Substring(indexOfSeparator + 1).ToLower();
 
-                if (incompleteName.StartsWith('>'))
+                if (incompleteName.StartsWith(Constants.AllFilesFolderSearchWildcard))
                     incompleteName = "*" + incompleteName.Substring(1);
             }
 
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/ResultManager.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/ResultManager.cs
index 50791251f..ec9c793ac 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/ResultManager.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/ResultManager.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search
                         }
                     }
                     
-                    string changeTo = path.EndsWith("\\") ? path : path + "\\";
+                    string changeTo = path.EndsWith(Constants.DirectorySeperator) ? path : path + Constants.DirectorySeperator;
                     Main.Context.API.ChangeQuery(string.IsNullOrEmpty(query.ActionKeyword) ?
                         changeTo :
                         query.ActionKeyword + " " + changeTo);
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search
             }
             else
             {
-                folderName = folderName.TrimEnd('\\').Split(new[] { Path.DirectorySeparatorChar }, StringSplitOptions.None).Last();
+                folderName = folderName.TrimEnd(Constants.DirectorySeperator).Split(new[] { Path.DirectorySeparatorChar }, StringSplitOptions.None).Last();
             }
 
             var firstResult = "";
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/WindowsIndex/QueryConstructor.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/WindowsIndex/QueryConstructor.cs
index 8a6c0f798..e037cc8c9 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/WindowsIndex/QueryConstructor.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/WindowsIndex/QueryConstructor.cs
@@ -68,14 +68,14 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search.WindowsIndex
 
         private string QueryWhereRestrictionsFromLocationPath(string path, string searchDepth)
         {
-            if (path.EndsWith("\\"))
+            if (path.EndsWith(Constants.DirectorySeperator))
                 return searchDepth + $"{path}'";
 
-            var indexOfSeparator = path.LastIndexOf('\\');
+            var indexOfSeparator = path.LastIndexOf(Constants.DirectorySeperator);
 
             var itemName = path.Substring(indexOfSeparator + 1);
 
-            if (itemName.StartsWith('>'))
+            if (itemName.StartsWith(Constants.AllFilesFolderSearchWildcard))
                 itemName = itemName.Substring(1);
 
             var previousLevelDirectory = path.Substring(0, indexOfSeparator);
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search.WindowsIndex
         {
             string query = "SELECT TOP " + _settings.MaxResult + $" {CreateBaseQuery().QuerySelectColumns} FROM {SystemIndex} WHERE ";
 
-            if (path.IndexOfAny(Constants.SpecialSearchChars) >= 0)
+            if (path.LastIndexOf(Constants.AllFilesFolderSearchWildcard) > path.LastIndexOf(Constants.DirectorySeperator))
                 return query + QueryWhereRestrictionsForTopLevelDirectoryAllFilesAndFoldersSearch(path);
 
             return query + QueryWhereRestrictionsForTopLevelDirectorySearch(path);