diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/WindowsIndex/IndexSearch.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/WindowsIndex/IndexSearch.cs
index 08511091e..cc91de025 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/WindowsIndex/IndexSearch.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/WindowsIndex/IndexSearch.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search.WindowsIndex
                                 {
                                     if (dataReaderResults.GetValue(0) != DBNull.Value && dataReaderResults.GetValue(1) != DBNull.Value)
                                     {
-                                        var path = new Uri(dataReaderResults.GetString(1)).LocalPath;
+                                        // # is URI syntax for the fragment component, need to be encoded so LocalPath returns complete path   
+                                        var encodedFragmentPath = dataReaderResults.GetString(1).Replace("#", "%23");
+                                        
+                                        var path = new Uri(encodedFragmentPath).LocalPath;
 
                                         if (dataReaderResults.GetString(2) == "Directory")
                                         {