diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/MISC/PluginsManager/PluginsManager.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/MISC/PluginsManager/PluginsManager.cpp
index 5158e36c..7eaa3704 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/MISC/PluginsManager/PluginsManager.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/MISC/PluginsManager/PluginsManager.cpp
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ bool PluginsManager::loadPluginsV2(const TCHAR* dir)
 	if (hFindFolder != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE && (foundData.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY))
 	{
 		generic_string foundFileName = foundData.cFileName;
-		if (foundFileName != TEXT(".") && foundFileName != TEXT(".."))
+		if (foundFileName != TEXT(".") && foundFileName != TEXT("..") && generic_stricmp(foundFileName.c_str(), TEXT("Config")) != 0)
 		{
 			generic_string pluginsFullPathFilter = pluginsFolder;
 			PathAppend(pluginsFullPathFilter, foundFileName);
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ bool PluginsManager::loadPluginsV2(const TCHAR* dir)
 		while (::FindNextFile(hFindFolder, &foundData))
 		{
 			generic_string foundFileName2 = foundData.cFileName;
-			if (foundFileName2 != TEXT(".") && foundFileName2 != TEXT(".."))
+			if (foundFileName2 != TEXT(".") && foundFileName2 != TEXT("..") && generic_stricmp(foundFileName2.c_str(), TEXT("Config")) != 0)
 			{
 				generic_string pluginsFullPathFilter2 = pluginsFolder;
 				PathAppend(pluginsFullPathFilter2, foundFileName2);