Error Typing ANYTHING When Explorer Plugin Enabled- error due to windows index

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Problem Description

Trying to type any characters at all into Flow Launcher results in the error below after updating to 1.10.0, had no issues on previous versions. Re-opening with my hotkey Ctrl+Space opens it with that character still typed, and typing another character results in the same error again. Disabling the Explorer Plugin let’s my WebSearch and other things work as expected.

Flow Launcher version: 1.10.0 OS Version: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.19045.0 IntPtr Length: 8 x64: True

Python Path: Date: 12/13/2022 01:36:35 Exception: Explorer Exception: Websites: https://github.com/Flow-Launcher/Flow.Launcher Author: Jeremy Wu Version: 2.0.0 Flow.Launcher.Core.ExternalPlugins.FlowPluginException: Invalid URI: The Authority/Host could not be parsed. —> System.UriFormatException: Invalid URI: The Authority/Host could not be parsed. at System.Uri.CreateThis(String uri, Boolean dontEscape, UriKind uriKind, UriCreationOptions& creationOptions) at System.Uri…ctor(String uriString) at Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search.WindowsIndex.WindowsIndex.ExecuteWindowsIndexSearchAsync(String indexQueryString, String connectionString, CancellationToken token)+MoveNext() in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Plugins\Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer\Search\WindowsIndex\WindowsIndex.cs:line 56 at Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search.WindowsIndex.WindowsIndex.ExecuteWindowsIndexSearchAsync(String indexQueryString, String connectionString, CancellationToken token)+MoveNext() in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Plugins\Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer\Search\WindowsIndex\WindowsIndex.cs:line 48 at Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search.WindowsIndex.WindowsIndex.ExecuteWindowsIndexSearchAsync(String indexQueryString, String connectionString, CancellationToken token)+MoveNext() in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Plugins\Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer\Search\WindowsIndex\WindowsIndex.cs:line 48 at Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search.WindowsIndex.WindowsIndex.ExecuteWindowsIndexSearchAsync(String indexQueryString, String connectionString, CancellationToken token)+MoveNext() in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Plugins\Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer\Search\WindowsIndex\WindowsIndex.cs:line 48 at Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search.WindowsIndex.WindowsIndex.ExecuteWindowsIndexSearchAsync(String indexQueryString, String connectionString, CancellationToken token)+System.Threading.Tasks.Sources.IValueTaskSource<System.Boolean>.GetResult() at Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search.SearchManager.SearchAsync(Query query, CancellationToken token) in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Plugins\Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer\Search\SearchManager.cs:line 102 at Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search.SearchManager.SearchAsync(Query query, CancellationToken token) in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Plugins\Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer\Search\SearchManager.cs:line 102 at Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Main.QueryAsync(Query query, CancellationToken token) in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Plugins\Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer\Main.cs:line 62 at Flow.Launcher.Core.Plugin.PluginManager.<>c__DisplayClass22_0.<<QueryForPluginAsync>b__0>d.MoveNext() in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Flow.Launcher.Core\Plugin\PluginManager.cs:line 191 — End of stack trace from previous location — at Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Stopwatch.DebugAsync(String message, Func`1 action) in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure\Stopwatch.cs:line 40 at Flow.Launcher.Core.Plugin.PluginManager.QueryForPluginAsync(PluginPair pair, Query query, CancellationToken token) in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Flow.Launcher.Core\Plugin\PluginManager.cs:line 213 — End of inner exception stack trace — at Flow.Launcher.Core.Plugin.PluginManager.QueryForPluginAsync(PluginPair pair, Query query, CancellationToken token) in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Flow.Launcher.Core\Plugin\PluginManager.cs:line 213 at Flow.Launcher.ViewModel.MainViewModel.<>c__DisplayClass120_0.<<QueryResults>g__QueryTask|2>d.MoveNext() in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Flow.Launcher\ViewModel\MainViewModel.cs:line 740 — End of stack trace from previous location — at Flow.Launcher.ViewModel.MainViewModel.QueryResults() in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Flow.Launcher\ViewModel\MainViewModel.cs:line 741 at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.<>c.<ThrowAsync>b__128_0(Object state) at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs) at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs, Delegate catchHandler)

To Reproduce

1. Launch Flow Launcher
2. Enable Explorer Plugin
3. Open Flow Launcher with hotkey
4. Try to type anything…

Screenshots

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Flow Launcher Version

v1.10.0

Windows Build Number

10.0.19045.2311

Error Log

2022-12-13.txt

[VictoriousRaptor]

Hi there,

I found the same behaviour with Explorer plugin enabled (just the stacktrace is different) when I tryed to type anything (error happened on first letter). See the stacktrace and log attached.

But, enabling the Explorer plugin and changing options “Index Search Engine”, “Content Search Engine” and “Directory Recursive Search Engine” from value “Windows Index” to “Everything” (another search tool), Flow Launcher it is working fine.

I have turned off Windows Search services a month and everything related a month ago (was using too much CPU and wasn’t so good to justify that). So, based on observed behavior, looks like that issue is related to Windows Search service being down, off or something like this.

Cheers!

Flow Launcher 1.10.0

Windows 11 Home Version 22H2 Installed on ‎11/‎05/‎2022 OS build 22623.1028

stacktrace.txt

2022-12-13 - Copy.txt

Seems like your issue is related to #1628 , which is a bit different.

[taooceros]

Hi, In 1.10.0 search typing enviroments variables does reply nothing usefull. Sample

%appdata%
%tmp%

etc. 1.9.5 works great.

It will be addressed soon