added the abitliy to opt out of pinyin in control panel and in program plug in - this give a major perf boost (and I'm guessing it is not relevant for most users)

Plugins/Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel/ControlPanelSettingsView.xaml

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<UserControl x:Class="Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel.ControlPanelSettingsView"
+             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
+             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
+             xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" 
+             xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" 
+             xmlns:local="clr-namespace:Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel"
+             mc:Ignorable="d" 
+             d:DesignHeight="450" d:DesignWidth="800">
+    <Grid>
+        <CheckBox Name="ShouldUsePinYin_checkBox" IsChecked="{Binding ShouldUsePinYin}" Content="Should Use PinYin"/>
+    </Grid>
+</UserControl>

Plugins/Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel/ControlPanelSettingsView.xaml.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Controls;
+using System.Windows.Data;
+using System.Windows.Documents;
+using System.Windows.Input;
+using System.Windows.Media;
+using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
+using System.Windows.Navigation;
+using System.Windows.Shapes;
+
+namespace Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Interaction logic for ControlPanelSettingsControl.xaml
+    /// </summary>
+    public partial class ControlPanelSettingsView : UserControl
+    {
+        public ControlPanelSettingsView(ControlPanelSettingsViewModel vm)
+        {
+            InitializeComponent();
+            DataContext = vm;
+        }
+    }
+}

Plugins/Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel/ControlPanelSettingsViewModel.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+namespace Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel
+{
+    public class ControlPanelSettingsViewModel : BaseModel
+    {
+        private readonly Settings _settings;
+
+        public ControlPanelSettingsViewModel(Settings settings)
+        {
+            _settings = settings;
+        }
+
+        public bool ShouldUsePinYin
+        {
+            get { return _settings.ShouldUsePinYin; }
+            set
+            {
+                _settings.ShouldUsePinYin = value;
+                this.OnPropertyChanged();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

Plugins/Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel/Main.cs

@@ -4,17 +4,28 @@ using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Windows.Controls;
 using Wox.Infrastructure;
+using Wox.Infrastructure.Storage;
 
 namespace Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel
 {
-    public class Main : IPlugin, IPluginI18n
+    public class Main : IPlugin, IPluginI18n, ISettingProvider, ISavable
     {
+        private readonly Settings _settings = new Settings {ShouldUsePinYin = false};
+        private readonly PluginJsonStorage<Settings> _settingsStorage;
+
         private PluginInitContext context;
         private List<ControlPanelItem> controlPanelItems = new List<ControlPanelItem>();
         private string iconFolder;
         private string fileType;
 
+        public Main()
+        {
+            _settingsStorage = new PluginJsonStorage<Settings>();
+            _settings = _settingsStorage.Load();
+        }
+
         public void Init(PluginInitContext context)
         {
             this.context = context;
@@ -43,7 +54,7 @@ namespace Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel
 
             foreach (var item in controlPanelItems)
             {
-                item.Score = Score(item, query.Search);
+                item.Score = Score(item, query.Search, _settings.ShouldUsePinYin);
                 if (item.Score > 0)
                 {
                     var result = new Result
@@ -74,20 +85,20 @@ namespace Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel
             return panelItems;
         }
 
-        private int Score(ControlPanelItem item, string query)
+        private int Score(ControlPanelItem item, string query, bool shouldUsePinYin)
         {
             var scores = new List<int> {0};
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(item.LocalizedString))
             {
                 var score1 = StringMatcher.FuzzySearch(query, item.LocalizedString).ScoreAfterSearchPrecisionFilter();
-                var score2 = StringMatcher.ScoreForPinyin(item.LocalizedString, query);
+                var score2 = shouldUsePinYin ? StringMatcher.ScoreForPinyin(item.LocalizedString, query) : 0;
                 scores.Add(score1);
                 scores.Add(score2);
             }
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(item.InfoTip))
             {
                 var score1 = StringMatcher.FuzzySearch(query, item.InfoTip).ScoreAfterSearchPrecisionFilter();
-                var score2 = StringMatcher.ScoreForPinyin(item.InfoTip, query);
+                var score2 = shouldUsePinYin ? StringMatcher.ScoreForPinyin(item.InfoTip, query) : 0;
                 scores.Add(score1);
                 scores.Add(score2);
             }
@@ -103,5 +114,15 @@ namespace Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel
         {
             return context.API.GetTranslation("wox_plugin_controlpanel_plugin_description");
         }
+
+        public Control CreateSettingPanel()
+        {
+            return new ControlPanelSettingsView(new ControlPanelSettingsViewModel(_settings));
+        }
+
+        public void Save()
+        {
+            _settingsStorage.Save();
+        }
     }
 }

Plugins/Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel/Settings.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+namespace Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel
+{
+    public class Settings
+    {
+        public bool ShouldUsePinYin { get; set; } = true;
+    }
+}

Plugins/Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel/Wox.Plugin.ControlPanel.csproj

@@ -37,19 +37,27 @@
       <HintPath>..\..\packages\JetBrains.Annotations.10.3.0\lib\net\JetBrains.Annotations.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="PresentationCore" />
     <Reference Include="PresentationFramework" />
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Core" />
     <Reference Include="System.Drawing" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Xaml" />
+    <Reference Include="WindowsBase" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="..\..\SolutionAssemblyInfo.cs">
       <Link>Properties\SolutionAssemblyInfo.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="ControlPanelSettingsView.xaml.cs">
+      <DependentUpon>ControlPanelSettingsView.xaml</DependentUpon>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="ControlPanelSettingsViewModel.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Main.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ControlPanelItem.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ControlPanelList.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Settings.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="packages.config" />
@@ -114,6 +122,12 @@
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Page Include="ControlPanelSettingsView.xaml">
+      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
+      <Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
+    </Page>
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.

Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Program/Languages/de.xaml

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_index_registry">Indexierungsspeicher</system:String>
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_suffixes_header">Endungen</system:String>
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_max_depth_header">Maximale Tiefe</system:String>
+    <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_use_pinyin">Should Use Pinyin (waiting for translation)</system:String>
 
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_directory">Verzeichnis:</system:String>
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_browse">Durchsuchen</system:String>

Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Program/Languages/en.xaml

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_index_registry">Index Registry</system:String>
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_suffixes_header">Suffixes</system:String>
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_max_depth_header">Max Depth</system:String>
+    <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_use_pinyin">Should Use Pinyin</system:String>
+
 
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_directory">Directory:</system:String>
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_browse">Browse</system:String>

Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Program/Languages/pl.xaml

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_index_registry">Indeksuj rejestr</system:String>
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_suffixes_header">Rozszerzenia</system:String>
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_max_depth_header">Maksymalna głębokość</system:String>
+    <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_use_pinyin">Should Use Pinyin (waiting for translation)</system:String>
 
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_directory">Katalog:</system:String>
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_browse">Przeglądaj</system:String>

Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Program/Languages/tr.xaml

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_index_registry">Registry'i İndeksle</system:String>
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_suffixes_header">Uzantılar</system:String>
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_max_depth_header">Derinlik</system:String>
+    <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_use_pinyin">Should Use Pinyin (waiting for translation)</system:String>
 
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_directory">Dizin:</system:String>
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_browse">Gözat</system:String>

Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Program/Languages/zh-cn.xaml

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_index_registry">索引注册表</system:String>
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_suffixes_header">后缀</system:String>
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_max_depth_header">最大深度</system:String>
+    <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_use_pinyin">Should Use Pinyin (waiting for translation)</system:String>
 
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_directory">目录</system:String>
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_browse">浏览</system:String>

Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Program/Languages/zh-tw.xaml

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_index_registry">替登錄檔建立索引</system:String>
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_suffixes_header">副檔名</system:String>
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_max_depth_header">最大深度</system:String>
+    <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_use_pinyin">Should Use Pinyin (waiting for translation)</system:String>
 
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_directory">目錄</system:String>
     <system:String x:Key="wox_plugin_program_browse">瀏覽</system:String>

Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Program/Main.cs

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace Wox.Plugin.Program
 
         private static BinaryStorage<Win32[]> _win32Storage;
         
-        private static Settings _settings;
+        private readonly Settings _settings;
         private readonly PluginJsonStorage<Settings> _settingsStorage;
 
         public Main()
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ namespace Wox.Plugin.Program
         {
             lock (IndexLock)
             {
-                var results1 = _win32s.AsParallel().Select(p => p.Result(query.Search, _context.API));
+                var results1 = _win32s.AsParallel().Select(p => p.Result(query.Search, _context.API, _settings));
 #if !IGNORE_UWP
-                var results2 = _uwps.AsParallel().Select(p => p.Result(query.Search, _context.API));
+                var results2 = _uwps.AsParallel().Select(p => p.Result(query.Search, _context.API, _settings));
 #endif
                 var result = results1
 #if !IGNORE_UWP
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ namespace Wox.Plugin.Program
             _context = context;
         }
 
-        public static void IndexPrograms()
+        public void IndexPrograms()
         {
             Win32[] w = { };
 #if !IGNORE_UWP
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ namespace Wox.Plugin.Program
 
         public Control CreateSettingPanel()
         {
-            return new ProgramSetting(_context, _settings);
+            return new ProgramSetting(_context, _settings, this);
         }
 
         public string GetTranslatedPluginTitle()

Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Program/ProgramSetting.xaml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
              d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="600">
     <Grid Margin="10">
         <Grid.RowDefinitions>
-            <RowDefinition Height="50"/>
+            <RowDefinition Height="80"/>
             <RowDefinition Height="*"/>
             <RowDefinition Height="50"/>
         </Grid.RowDefinitions>
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
             <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" Width="310">
                 <CheckBox Name="StartMenuEnabled" Click="StartMenuEnabled_Click" Margin="5" Content="{DynamicResource wox_plugin_program_index_start}" />
                 <CheckBox Name="RegistryEnabled" Click="RegistryEnabled_Click"  Margin="5" Content="{DynamicResource wox_plugin_program_index_registry}" />
+                <CheckBox Name="ShouldUsePinYin" Click="ShouldUsePinYin_Click" Margin="5" Content="{DynamicResource wox_plugin_program_use_pinyin}"/>
             </StackPanel>
             <Button Height="30" HorizontalAlignment="Right" x:Name="btnProgramSuffixes" Width="130" Click="BtnProgramSuffixes_OnClick" Content="{DynamicResource wox_plugin_program_suffixes}" />
             <Button Height="30" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="10 0 0 0" x:Name="btnReindex" Width="100" Click="btnReindex_Click" Content="{DynamicResource wox_plugin_program_reindex}" />

Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Program/ProgramSetting.xaml.cs

@@ -11,15 +11,17 @@ namespace Wox.Plugin.Program
     /// </summary>
     public partial class ProgramSetting : UserControl
     {
-        private PluginInitContext context;
+        private readonly PluginInitContext context;
-        private Settings _settings;
+        private readonly Settings _settings;
+        private readonly Main _main;
 
-        public ProgramSetting(PluginInitContext context, Settings settings)
+        public ProgramSetting(PluginInitContext context, Settings settings, Main main)
         {
             this.context = context;
             InitializeComponent();
             Loaded += Setting_Loaded;
             _settings = settings;
+            _main = main;
         }
 
         private void Setting_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ namespace Wox.Plugin.Program
             programSourceView.ItemsSource = _settings.ProgramSources;
             StartMenuEnabled.IsChecked = _settings.EnableStartMenuSource;
             RegistryEnabled.IsChecked = _settings.EnableRegistrySource;
+            ShouldUsePinYin.IsChecked = _settings.ShouldUsePinYin;
         }
 
         private void ReIndexing()
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ namespace Wox.Plugin.Program
             Task.Run(() =>
             {
                 Dispatcher.Invoke(() => { indexingPanel.Visibility = Visibility.Visible; });
-                Main.IndexPrograms();
+                _main.IndexPrograms();
                 Dispatcher.Invoke(() => { indexingPanel.Visibility = Visibility.Hidden; });
             });
         }
@@ -145,5 +148,10 @@ namespace Wox.Plugin.Program
             _settings.EnableRegistrySource = RegistryEnabled.IsChecked ?? false;
             ReIndexing();
         }
+
+        private void ShouldUsePinYin_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+        {
+            _settings.ShouldUsePinYin = ShouldUsePinYin.IsChecked ?? false;
+        }
     }
 }

Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Program/Programs/IProgram.cs

@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ namespace Wox.Plugin.Program.Programs
     public interface IProgram
     {
         List<Result> ContextMenus(IPublicAPI api);
-        Result Result(string query, IPublicAPI api);
+        Result Result(string query, IPublicAPI api, Settings settings);
     }
 }

Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Program/Programs/UWP.cs

@@ -239,23 +239,23 @@ namespace Wox.Plugin.Program.Programs
             public string LogoPath { get; set; }
             public UWP Package { get; set; }
 
-            private int Score(string query)
+            private int Score(string query, bool shouldUsePinYin)
             {
                 var score1 = StringMatcher.FuzzySearch(query, DisplayName).ScoreAfterSearchPrecisionFilter();
-                var score2 = StringMatcher.ScoreForPinyin(DisplayName, query);
+                var score2 = shouldUsePinYin ? StringMatcher.ScoreForPinyin(DisplayName, query) : 0;
                 var score3 = StringMatcher.FuzzySearch(query, Description).ScoreAfterSearchPrecisionFilter();
-                var score4 = StringMatcher.ScoreForPinyin(Description, query);
+                var score4 = shouldUsePinYin ? StringMatcher.ScoreForPinyin(Description, query) : 0;
                 var score = new[] { score1, score2, score3, score4 }.Max();
                 return score;
             }
 
-            public Result Result(string query, IPublicAPI api)
+            public Result Result(string query, IPublicAPI api, Settings settings)
             {
                 var result = new Result
                 {
                     SubTitle = Package.Location,
                     Icon = Logo,
-                    Score = Score(query),
+                    Score = Score(query, settings.ShouldUsePinYin),
                     ContextData = this,
                     Action = e =>
                     {

Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Program/Programs/Win32.cs

@@ -29,25 +29,25 @@ namespace Wox.Plugin.Program.Programs
         private const string ApplicationReferenceExtension = "appref-ms";
         private const string ExeExtension = "exe";
 
-        private int Score(string query)
+        private int Score(string query, bool shouldUsePinYin)
         {
             var score1 = StringMatcher.FuzzySearch(query, Name).ScoreAfterSearchPrecisionFilter();
-            var score2 = StringMatcher.ScoreForPinyin(Name, query);
+            var score2 = shouldUsePinYin ? StringMatcher.ScoreForPinyin(Name, query) : 0;
             var score3 = StringMatcher.FuzzySearch(query, Description).ScoreAfterSearchPrecisionFilter();
-            var score4 = StringMatcher.ScoreForPinyin(Description, query);
+            var score4 = shouldUsePinYin ? StringMatcher.ScoreForPinyin(Description, query) : 0;
             var score5 = StringMatcher.FuzzySearch(query, ExecutableName).ScoreAfterSearchPrecisionFilter();
             var score = new[] { score1, score2, score3, score4, score5 }.Max();
             return score;
         }
 
 
-        public Result Result(string query, IPublicAPI api)
+        public Result Result(string query, IPublicAPI api, Settings settings)
         {
             var result = new Result
             {
                 SubTitle = FullPath,
                 IcoPath = IcoPath,
-                Score = Score(query),
+                Score = Score(query, settings.ShouldUsePinYin),
                 ContextData = this,
                 Action = e =>
                 {

Plugins/Wox.Plugin.Program/Settings.cs

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ namespace Wox.Plugin.Program
 
         public bool EnableRegistrySource { get; set; } = true;
 
+        public bool ShouldUsePinYin { get; set; } = true;
+
         internal const char SuffixSeperator = ';';
 
         public class ProgramSource