winget install --id Flow-Launcher.Flow-LauncherAbout Flow Launcher
Keystroke launcher for Windows to search, manage and launch files, folders bookmarks, websites and more.
What's new in 2.1.2
Release notes Bug fixes - Improved sound effect handling and fixed the application name in the volume mixer. - Fixed the incorrect Pinyin search default option. - Fixed a rare Alt+Tab case where the settings window stayed minimized when switched to. - Improved Chinese character rendering. - Improved the ranking of user folders in the Explorer plugin for higher placement. - Fixed a rare Plugins Manager crash. - Fixed Quick Access Link files not displaying their custom names in search results. - Fixed a rare case where the settings window remained minimized when re-opened. - Fixed a crash from editing a disabled Explorer plugin action keyword. - Fixed a ReportWindow crash that occurred when the log directory was empty or missing. - Improved the code quality for theme handling. - Fixed relative path support for Python and Node.js executables. - Fixed incorrect highlight matching when Everything is used. - Updated translations. Contributions We would like to directly mention and thank the following people (in alphabetical order) for their contribution and support in this release. @DavidGBrett, @Jack251970, @JohnTheGr8, @VictoriousRaptor and everyone who has joined discussions, added translations, created plugins, reviewed pull requests, put through their ideas or reported bugs.
Version history
| Version | Updated | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2.1.2 | Unknown | Release notes Bug fixes - Improved sound effect handling and fixed the application name in the volume mixer. - Fixed the incorrect Pinyin search default option. - Fixed a rare Alt+Tab case where the settings window staye... |
| 2.1.1 | Unknown | Release notes Bug fixes - Fixed a crash caused by an "Unable to cast object of type" error. - Resolved a rare crash occurring when the progress bar animation failed to load completely. - Fixed an issue where Explorer plu... |
| 2.1.0 | Unknown | Release notes Theming We have moved to a new UI framework, themes with namespaces pointing to http://schemas.modernwpf.com/2019 will no longer work. Please update your themes by following the steps in this PR comment Fea... |
| 2.0.3 | Unknown | Release notes Bug fixes - Added handling of the DWM composition errors - Fixed an issue where the Program plugin did not finish indexing on startup if the 'Open Flow Launcher' hotkey was constantly pressed - Fixed an iss... |
| 2.0.2 | Unknown | Release notes Bug fixes - Fixed an issue where Flow's settings were not saved if the computer's shutdown or restart was initiated via the Sys plugin - Fixed an issue causing Flow's animation sound effect to be missing af... |
| 2.0.1 | Unknown | Release notes Bug fixes - Fixed missing Everything sort options in the plugin settings - Fixed an issue where constantly changing language via settings could cause high memory - Fixed an issue where the Appearance tab in... |
| 2.0.0 | Unknown | Release notes Highlights Dialog Jump - Use Alt+G to quickly jump the Open/Save As dialog window path to the path of the active file manager. - Search for a file/folder and quickly jump to its path in the Open/Save As dia... |
| 1.20.2 | Unknown | Release notes Bug fixes - Fix an issue where UWP changes are not monitored - Fix an issue where the result selection hotkeys on the Home Page results not updated when visibility/modifier key is changed - Fix an issue whe... |
| 1.20.1 | Unknown | Release notes Bug fixes - Fixed the Browser Bookmark plugin taking a long time to load due to favicons. An option has been added to enable or disable favicons; after this release, favicons will be set to off by default.... |
| 1.20.0 | Unknown | Release Notes Highlights - Flow has reach 10K stars! - Showcase your plugin on flowlauncher.com! Visit here to find out how. Help users learn more about your plugin, see images and videos of it in action, and read blog p... |
| 1.19.5 | Unknown | Bug fixes - Fixed an issue causing Flow's settings window to freeze/blank out after returning from locking/sleeping the computer - Updated translations |
| 1.19.4 | Unknown | Bug fixes - Fixed an issue causing input selection dialog not working for JSON-RPC plugins - Fixed an URL format issue associated with plugin website links - Updated translations |
| 1.19.3 | Unknown | Bug fixes - Addressed CVE-2024-43483 security vulnerability from a third-party library used by the Program plugin - Fixed an issue related to the absence of Windows Media Player causing Flow to crash on startup - Updated... |
| 1.19.2 | Unknown | Bug fixes - Fixed an issue causing wrong positioning of the search bar on multi-monitor setups with different DPIs - Updated translations |
| 1.19.1 | Unknown | Bug Fixes - Fixed Explorer plugin to show an "Enabled" column in Customize Action Keyword settings tab for better clarity over the status of action keywords. - Fixed Node.js path select error in settings window. - Transl... |
| 1.19.0 | Unknown | Features - Add external preview support. Preview can now be changed to use any third party preview tools via a plugin. - Added the ability to use QuickLook for previewing files. Look for the QuickLook plugin in the Plugi... |
| 1.18.0 | Unknown | Features - Program plugin now shows the target path when hovering over the result - Context Menu's query speed has been improved for JsonRPC plugins - Added a new feature ReQuery to the plugin API, allowing plugin develo... |
| 1.17.2 | Unknown | Bug fixes - Fixed a rare issue where Plugin Store could crash due to some missing added/released plugin dates - Fixed new translations - Fixed an issue causing JS/TS plugins to stop working - Fixed an issue causing some... |
| 1.17.1 | Unknown | Bug fixes - Fixed Explorer plugin's Windows Index search returning no results - Fixed the search window's clipboard paste issue - Fixed tab to complete functionality missing action keyword |
| 1.16.2 | Unknown | Bug fixes - Updated Python from v3.8.9 to v3.11.4 - Published default plugins to the Plugin Store - Fixed an issue where the resize bar is still draggable when preview is off - Added explanation for using '@' prefix for... |