v1.16.1

Release Notes

Python upgrade

In the next release, the Python version supported by Flow will be v3.11.4.

If you are a Python plugin developer, please start testing your plugin against v3.11.4. Users who are using the Python installation managed by Flow (embeddable) will automatically update to the new version after the next release.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue in Explorer plugin caused by Windows Search returning empty paths in its own result set

• Set the main Flow Launcher project as the default start up project

• Removed the irrelevant action keyword in Shell plugin's description

• Translations have been added/updated

• Fixed the translated Slovak language name in Flow's settings window

Contributions

We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.

@Phoenix-, @sitiom, @VictoriousRaptor and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.

v1.16.0

Release Notes

Features

• Improved how we fetch community plugin data, new plugin updates should now arrive on time

• Added Czech and Arabic language support

• New plugin API feature for .Net plugins to monitor when the search window is visible/hidden

• New plugin API feature to manually hide the search window or check its visibility

• New search window animation slider to control how fast you want the animation to appear

• Shell plugin now supports Pwsh (PowerShell 7.x)

• New keyboard shortcut Ctrl + R to refresh results by rerunning the current query

• Clipboard copying functionality has been improved

Bug fixes

• New translation updates

• Fixed result comparison missing AutoComplete and CopyText fields

• Fixed ProcessKiller plugin to honor "Last Query Style" option after killing the process

• Fixed an issue with BrowserBookmarks plugin causing memory leaks on some occasions and locking up bookmark files

• Fixed an issue where auto startup option not working when there are spaces in flow's location path

• Resolved an issue where certain WindowsSettings plugin result fail silently when admin permission is required

• Resolved Plugin Store's refresh button issue causing search to not work after clicking

• Resolved occasional increased CPU and disk usage during Program plugin's startup

Contributions

We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.

@AlexDavies8, @deefrawley, @Garulf, @JamesNZL, @JohnTheGr8, @ngtr6788, @Odotocodot, @rainyl, @taooceros, @VictoriousRaptor and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.

v1.15.0

Release Notes

Features

• Added ability for Program plugin to open parent folder via Ctrl + Enter

• New option for Explorer plugin to open the folder instead of navigating the directry tree when pressing Enter

• The preview window can now be resized by mouse click and drag

• New search window position options

• Explorer plugin's Everything can now sort result based on its file action RunCount

Bug fixes

• Programs in Windows Start menu's startup folder will no longer be shown

• Fix an issue with image caching

• Fixed ProcessKiller plugin not updating its results after killing a process

• Fixed an issue with Files app intergration

• New translation updates

• Fixed Program plugin's duplicate results coming from Windows' registry

• Fixed an occasional problem with notification causing plugins to not install

• Fixed Explorer plugin's recursive search > not excluding whitespaces

• An issue with Plugin Store's version checking has been addressed

• Appearance section now has subtitle 'Theme' added

• An issue with WebSearch's column sorting has been fixed

• An issue for some users where there is no sound on search window activation has been addressed

Contributions

We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.

@deefrawley, @Garulf, @onesounds, @taooceros, @TheBestPessimist, @VictoriousRaptor, @xtyuns and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.

v1.14.1

Release Notes

Hotfix release

This is a hotfix release to address an issue causing Everything search engine to not be usable and plugins not installing properly. We think this issue is caused by Windows update to 10.0.22621.1413 or 10.0.22621.1485 and prior versions should not be affected.

Please note only if you are having the issue, after installing this hotfix you will not be able to see any notifications from Flow but Everything and plugins should start working. This is temporary while we investigate and resolve the root cause.

• Fix Windows 11 22H2 (22621) notification error

• Fix legacy notification not working on some Win 10 and below machines

Contributions

We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.

@VictoriousRaptor and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.

v1.14.0

Release Notes

Features

• Added custom Firefox browser support

• UI Improvement in Bookmarks plugin for managing custom browsers

Bug fixes

• Explorer plugin's Everything full path search can now be toggled on/off

• Adjusted sidebar texts in flow's settings window

• Fixed Sys plugin to show full path on delete confirm dialog

• Additional fixes for compatible preview hotkeys

• Translation fixes

Contributions

We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.

@guilherssousa, @Joehoel, @taooceros, @onesounds, @VictoriousRaptor and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.

A big thank you to @TheBestPessimist for sponsoring us! ❤️

v1.13.0

Release Notes

Features

• Everything search in Explorer plugin can now match the full path of a file, e.g. typing 'wall arts' will match file path D:/all/wallpapers/artstation/

• Updated Flow's target framework to .Net 7

Bug fixes

• Adjusted plugin download success message to show the plugin name

• Adjusted the default action keyword for Plugin Indicator to '?'

• Adjusted Program plugin to read the list of programs from Start Menu folder instead of Start Menu/Programs

• Fixed backup settings load error when the original file doesn't exist

• Fixed Explorer plugin delete function's missing language key

• Fixed Custom Query Hotkey error when an invalid hokey is inputted

• Fixed Program plugin's auto-complete function

Contributions

We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.

@taooceros, @TheBestPessimist, @VictoriousRaptor, @z1nc0r3 and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.

v1.12.1

Release Notes

Theming

We have discovered and corrected a misspelled key in some of the theme files - updated BaseItemHotkeySelecetedStyle to BaseItemHotkeySelectedStyle. Going forward the incorrect BaseItemHotkeySelecetedStyle key will be removed, which will then break themes that are still using the incorrect key. If you have custom themes please do a quick find for this key and correct it.

Bug fixes

• Addressed an issue with saving settings files in v1.12.0 for new installations

Contributions

We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.

@taooceros and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.

v1.12.0

Release Notes

Theming

We have discovered and corrected a misspelled key in some of the theme files - updated BaseItemHotkeySelecetedStyle to BaseItemHotkeySelectedStyle. Going forward the incorrect BaseItemHotkeySelecetedStyle key will be removed, which will then break themes that are still using it. If you have custom themes please do a quick find for this key and correct it.

Features

• Added ability to adjust the result height and icon size via theme file

• Added ability to search for localized program names via the Program plugin

• Added ability to insert the path of an active Explorer.exe window into Flow's search window via the builtin shortcut {active_explorer_path}

Bug fixes

• Maximum 100 and Minimum -100 values have been added to disallow going above or below when setting the priority value for a plugin.

• New translations have been added from Crowdin

• Plugin name can now be searched by Plugin Indicator to find the action keyword

• Hotkey validation has been added to prevent selecting unsupported keys

• Settings reset issue for some users have been addressed

• Log Off command from Sys plugin will now prompt before executing

• The issue where Flow terminates silently during auto updating has been addressed

• Glyph icons have been added for Explorer's 'Open With Shell' and 'Open With Editor' functionalities

• Refactored clear log folder logic

• Fixed Explorer plugin crashing when first input is colon ':'

• Fixed how Explorer plugin treats environment variables and only expand when path starts with %

• Fixed misspelled style key in theme files

• Addressed a error where exception was caused when killing unused JSON-RPC process

• Addressed an issue where Explorer plugin does not honour the UseLocationAsWorkingDir setting

• Addressed the logic how the Program plugin displays program descriptions

• Fixed many typos

Contributions

We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.

@onesounds, @stefnotch, @taooceros, @VictoriousRaptor, @z1nc0r3 and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.

v1.11.0

Release Notes

Plugin development

For plugins written in TypeScript or JavaScript, Flow now supports automatic Node.js environment setup. This means once you specify in your plugin.json file the 'Language' as JavaScript or TypeScript and the 'ExecuteFileName' to the path of your main.js/main.ts file, Flow will automatically download, extract and setup the zip version of Node.js to the Environment folder inside user data directory. Manual download and install is no longer required by users.

Features

• Preview panel toggle hotkey is now configurable

• New option to always be in English IME when typing in the search window

• New Explorer plugin option to select an editor for opening folders

• New clock formats 'hh:mm:ss tt' and 'HH:mm:ss' have been added

• Added an option for Program plugin to enable/disable UWP apps indexing

• Added support for Node.js environment setup

Bug fixes

• Fixed ImageCache when loading full image

• Fixed some typos

• Updated Explorer plugin's description

• Fixed quick access path search and autocomplete

• For Windows Settings plugin fixed failure to launch the diskmgmt item due to administrator privilege requirement

• Fixed an issue where after editing a Custom Query Shortcut then immediately unable to edit any other shortcut

• Disabled PATH option in Program plugin by default

• Fixed incorrect Everything service not available warning

• Explorer plugin drive space and open current folder result texts are now translatable

• Refactored Toggle Game Mode logic

• Removed duplicated Korean language key

• Fixed error when using shortcut expansion

• Changed Program plugin's all programs heading label from 'Enable' to 'Status'

• Fixed some texts and other minor issues in Explorer plugin

• Translations have been updated

Contributions

We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.

@fihorvat, @onesounds, @sitiom, @taooceros, @VictoriousRaptor, @z1nc0r3 and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.

v1.10.1

Release Notes

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue where typing anything will cause a crash due to Windows Search service being disabled

• Fixed progress bar size and result list's margin during loading of results when used with preview panel

• Fixed env paths search

• Fixed a bottom margin issue when result loading is in progress

• Fixed Explorer context menu's opening with editor error when file path containing blanks

• Translations have been updated

Contributions

We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release.

@onesounds, @taooceros, @VictoriousRaptor and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.

A big thank you to @andreqramos for sponsoring us! ❤️