diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Test/Plugins/ExplorerTest.cs b/Flow.Launcher.Test/Plugins/ExplorerTest.cs
index 780feae3f..38090572e 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Test/Plugins/ExplorerTest.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Test/Plugins/ExplorerTest.cs
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Test.Plugins
         public void GivenWindowsIndexSearch_WhenReturnedZeroResultsAndIsNotIndexed_ThenSearchMethodShouldContinueDirectoryInfoClassSearch() 
         {
             // Given
-            var searchManager = new SearchManager();
+            var searchManager = new SearchManager(new Settings(), new PluginInitContext());
             
             // When
             var results = searchManager.TopLevelFolderSearch(
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Test.Plugins
         public void GivenWindowsIndexSearch_WhenReturnedZeroResultsAndIsIndexed_ThenSearchMethodShouldNotContinueDirectoryInfoClassSearch()
         {
             // Given
-            var searchManager = new SearchManager();
+            var searchManager = new SearchManager(new Settings(), new PluginInitContext());
 
             // When
             var results = searchManager.TopLevelFolderSearch(
@@ -139,5 +139,25 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Test.Plugins
         }
 
         public void GivenWindowsIndexSearch_WhenSearchPatternHotKeyIsSearchAll_ThenQueryWhereRestrictionsShouldUseScopeString() { }
+
+        [TestCase(@"c:\\", false)]
+        [TestCase(@"i:\", true)]
+        [TestCase(@"\c:\", false)]
+        [TestCase(@"cc:\", false)]
+        [TestCase(@"\\\SomeNetworkLocation\", false)]
+        [TestCase("RandomString", false)]
+        public void WhenGivenQuerySearchString_ThenShouldIndicateIfItIsLocationString(string querySearchString, bool expectedResult)
+        {
+            // When, Given
+            var searchManager = new SearchManager(new Settings(), new PluginInitContext());
+
+            var result = searchManager.IsLocationPathString(querySearchString);
+
+            //Then
+            Assert.IsTrue(result == expectedResult,
+                $"Expected query search string check result is: {expectedResult} {Environment.NewLine} " +
+                $"Actual check result is {result} {Environment.NewLine}");
+
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
index c2a250ae7..1dd834428 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
@@ -1,11 +1,53 @@
-using System;
+using Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search.WindowsIndex;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Text;
 
 namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search
 {
     public class SearchManager
     {
+        private Settings _settings;
+        private PluginInitContext _context;
+
+        public SearchManager(Settings settings, PluginInitContext context)
+        {
+            _settings = settings;
+            _context = context;
+        }
+
+        ///<summary>
+        /// This checks whether a given string is a directory path or network location string. 
+        /// It does not check if location actually exists.
+        ///</summary>
+        public bool IsLocationPathString(string querySearchString)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(querySearchString))
+                return false;
+
+            // // shared folder location, and not \\\location\
+            if (querySearchString.Length >= 3
+                && querySearchString.StartsWith(@"\\")
+                && char.IsLetter(querySearchString[2]))
+                return true;
+
+            // c:\
+            if (querySearchString.Length == 3
+                && char.IsLetter(querySearchString[0]) 
+                && querySearchString[1] == ':'
+                && querySearchString[2] == '\\')
+                return true;
+
+            // c:\\
+            if (querySearchString.Length >= 4
+                && char.IsLetter(querySearchString[0])
+                && querySearchString[1] == ':'
+                && querySearchString[2] == '\\'
+                && char.IsLetter(querySearchString[3]))
+                return true;
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
         public List<Result> TopLevelFolderSearch(
             Func<string, List<Result>> windowsIndexSearch,
             Func<string, List<Result>> directoryInfoClassSearch,