diff --git a/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.Registry.UnitTest/Helper/QueryHelperTest.cs b/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.Registry.UnitTest/Helper/QueryHelperTest.cs
index d6b31f6829..585cb3a5bd 100644
--- a/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.Registry.UnitTest/Helper/QueryHelperTest.cs
+++ b/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.Registry.UnitTest/Helper/QueryHelperTest.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.Registry.UnitTest.Helper
         [DataRow(@"HKLM\\Test", true, @"HKLM", "Test")]
         [DataRow(@"HKLM\Test\\TestTest", true, @"HKLM\Test", "TestTest")]
         [DataRow(@"HKLM\Test\\\TestTest", true, @"HKLM\Test", @"\TestTest")]
+        [DataRow("HKLM/\"Software\"/", false, @"HKLM\Software\", "")]
+        [DataRow("HKLM/\"Software\"//test", true, @"HKLM\Software", "test")]
+        [DataRow("HKLM/\"Software\"//test/123", true, @"HKLM\Software", "test/123")]
+        [DataRow("HKLM/\"Software\"//test\\123", true, @"HKLM\Software", @"test\123")]
+        [DataRow("HKLM/\"Software\"/test", false, @"HKLM\Software\test", "")]
+        [DataRow("HKLM\\Software\\\"test\"", false, @"HKLM\Software\test", "")]
+        [DataRow("HKLM\\\"Software\"\\\"test\"", false, @"HKLM\Software\test", "")]
+        [DataRow("HKLM\\\"Software\"\\\"test/software\"", false, @"HKLM\Software\test/software", "")]
+        [DataRow("HKLM\\\"Software\"/\"test\"\\hello", false, @"HKLM\Software\test\hello", "")]
+        [DataRow("HKLM\\\"Software\"\\\"test\"\\hello\\\\\"some/value\"", true, @"HKLM\Software\test\hello", "some/value")]
+        [DataRow("HKLM\\\"Software\"\\\"test\"/hello\\\\\"some/value\"", true, @"HKLM\Software\test\hello", "some/value")]
+        [DataRow("HKLM\\\"Software\"\\\"test\"\\hello\\\\some\\value", true, @"HKLM\Software\test\hello", @"some\value")]
         public void GetQueryPartsTest(string query, bool expectedHasValueName, string expectedQueryKey, string expectedQueryValueName)
         {
             var hasValueName = QueryHelper.GetQueryParts(query, out var queryKey, out var queryValueName);
diff --git a/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.Registry/Helper/QueryHelper.cs b/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.Registry/Helper/QueryHelper.cs
index 8b8371ff11..ed8403a3f4 100644
--- a/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.Registry/Helper/QueryHelper.cs
+++ b/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.Registry/Helper/QueryHelper.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using Microsoft.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.Registry.Constants;
 
 namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.Registry.Helper
@@ -32,6 +33,18 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.Registry.Helper
             { Win32.Registry.Users.Name, KeyName.UsersShort },
         };
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Sanitize the query to avoid issues with the regex
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="query">Query containing front-slash</param>
+        /// <returns>A string replacing all the front-slashes with back-slashes</returns>
+        private static string SanitizeQuery(in string query)
+        {
+            var sanitizedQuery = Regex.Replace(query, @"/(?<=^(?:[^""]*""[^""]*"")*[^""]*)(?<!//.+)", "\\");
+
+            return sanitizedQuery.Replace("\"", string.Empty);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Return the parts of a given query
         /// </summary>
@@ -41,14 +54,16 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Run.Plugin.Registry.Helper
         /// <returns><see langword="true"/> when the query search for a key and a value name, otherwise <see langword="false"/></returns>
         internal static bool GetQueryParts(in string query, out string queryKey, out string queryValueName)
         {
-            if (!query.Contains(QuerySplitCharacter, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
+            var sanitizedQuery = SanitizeQuery(query);
+
+            if (!sanitizedQuery.Contains(QuerySplitCharacter, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
             {
-                queryKey = query;
+                queryKey = sanitizedQuery;
                 queryValueName = string.Empty;
                 return false;
             }
 
-            var querySplit = query.Split(QuerySplitCharacter);
+            var querySplit = sanitizedQuery.Split(QuerySplitCharacter);
 
             queryKey = querySplit.First();
             queryValueName = querySplit.Last();