diff --git a/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.Plugin.Indexer/SearchHelper/OleDBSearch.cs b/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.Plugin.Indexer/SearchHelper/OleDBSearch.cs
index fd80d71873..027af76b22 100644
--- a/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.Plugin.Indexer/SearchHelper/OleDBSearch.cs
+++ b/src/modules/launcher/Plugins/Microsoft.Plugin.Indexer/SearchHelper/OleDBSearch.cs
@@ -28,26 +28,35 @@ namespace Microsoft.Plugin.Indexer.SearchHelper
                 // open the connection
                 conn.Open();
 
-                // now create an OleDB command object with the query we built above and the connection we just opened.
-                using (command = new OleDbCommand(sqlQuery, conn))
+                try
                 {
-                    using (wDSResults = command.ExecuteReader())
+                    // now create an OleDB command object with the query we built above and the connection we just opened.
+                    using (command = new OleDbCommand(sqlQuery, conn))
                     {
-                        if (!wDSResults.IsClosed && wDSResults.HasRows)
+                        using (wDSResults = command.ExecuteReader())
                         {
-                            while (!wDSResults.IsClosed && wDSResults.Read())
+                            if (!wDSResults.IsClosed && wDSResults.HasRows)
                             {
-                                List<object> fieldData = new List<object>();
-                                for (int i = 0; i < wDSResults.FieldCount; i++)
+                                while (!wDSResults.IsClosed && wDSResults.Read())
                                 {
-                                    fieldData.Add(wDSResults.GetValue(i));
-                                }
+                                    List<object> fieldData = new List<object>();
+                                    for (int i = 0; i < wDSResults.FieldCount; i++)
+                                    {
+                                        fieldData.Add(wDSResults.GetValue(i));
+                                    }
 
-                                result.Add(new OleDBResult(fieldData));
+                                    result.Add(new OleDBResult(fieldData));
+                                }
                             }
                         }
                     }
                 }
+
+                // AccessViolationException can occur if another query is made before the current query completes. Since the old query would be cancelled we can ignore the exception
+                catch (System.AccessViolationException)
+                {
+                    // do nothing
+                }
             }
 
             return result;
diff --git a/src/modules/launcher/PowerLauncher/ViewModel/MainViewModel.cs b/src/modules/launcher/PowerLauncher/ViewModel/MainViewModel.cs
index 3b84fddcef..cdc8994088 100644
--- a/src/modules/launcher/PowerLauncher/ViewModel/MainViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/modules/launcher/PowerLauncher/ViewModel/MainViewModel.cs
@@ -512,33 +512,40 @@ namespace PowerLauncher.ViewModel
                             currentCancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
                             Parallel.ForEach(plugins, (plugin) =>
                                 {
-                                    if (!plugin.Metadata.Disabled)
+                                    try
                                     {
-                                        var results = PluginManager.QueryForPlugin(plugin, query, true);
-                                        currentCancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-                                        if ((results?.Count ?? 0) != 0)
+                                        if (!plugin.Metadata.Disabled)
                                         {
-                                            lock (_addResultsLock)
-                                            {
-                                                if (query.RawQuery == _currentQuery.RawQuery)
-                                                {
-                                                    currentCancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-
-                                                    // Remove the original results from the plugin
-                                                    Results.Results.RemoveAll(r => r.Result.PluginID == plugin.Metadata.ID);
-                                                    currentCancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-
-                                                    // Add the new results from the plugin
-                                                    UpdateResultView(results, query, currentCancellationToken);
-                                                    currentCancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-                                                    Results.Sort();
-                                                }
-                                            }
-
+                                            var results = PluginManager.QueryForPlugin(plugin, query, true);
                                             currentCancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-                                            UpdateResultsListViewAfterQuery(query, true);
+                                            if ((results?.Count ?? 0) != 0)
+                                            {
+                                                lock (_addResultsLock)
+                                                {
+                                                    if (query.RawQuery == _currentQuery.RawQuery)
+                                                    {
+                                                        currentCancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+
+                                                        // Remove the original results from the plugin
+                                                        Results.Results.RemoveAll(r => r.Result.PluginID == plugin.Metadata.ID);
+                                                        currentCancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+
+                                                        // Add the new results from the plugin
+                                                        UpdateResultView(results, query, currentCancellationToken);
+                                                        currentCancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+                                                        Results.Sort();
+                                                    }
+                                                }
+
+                                                currentCancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+                                                UpdateResultsListViewAfterQuery(query, true);
+                                            }
                                         }
                                     }
+                                    catch (OperationCanceledException)
+                                    {
+                                        // nothing to do here
+                                    }
                                 });
 
                         }