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Subject: creating a custom Windows Search and Windows Preview shell extension
From: Matt Borchers <mattborchers@gmail.com>
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I'd like to create a custom Windows Search and Windows Preview shell extens=
ion for a proprietary file type for Windows 10/11.  Has anybody done this w=
ith Ada and have some examples and/or an API that can be used?  I'm a newbi=
e in this area and have only just started investigating the prospect of doi=
ng this by beginning to read the online Windows documentation.  Is it feasi=
ble to use Ada for this kind of thing or must I use a language native to Wi=
ndows like C# with Visual Studio?  Any recommendations for how to begin thi=
s journey would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Matt