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desktop2:FilterExtension

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Specifies the file type to be registered by the app.

Element hierarchy

<Package>

    <Applications>

         <Application>

              <Extensions>

                   <desktop2:Extension>

                        <desktop2:SearchFilterHandler>

                             <desktop2:FilterExtension>

Syntax

<desktop2:FilterExtension
  Name = 'A string with a value between 1 and 64 characters in length that must begin with a period ("."), cannot have additional periods, and cannot contain these characters: <, >, :, ", /, \, |, ?, or *.' />

Attributes and elements

Attributes

Attribute Description Data type Required Default value
Name A file extension. A string between 1 and 64 characters in length that must begin with a period (.), cannot have additional periods (.), and cannot contain these characters: <, >, :, ", /, \, |, ?, or *. Yes

Child elements

None.

Parent elements

Parent element Description
desktop2:SearchFilterHandler Enables Windows Desktop Bridge apps to register IFilters to extract file properties for searching.

Requirements

Item Value
Namespace http://schemas.microsoft.com/appx/manifest/desktop/windows10/2
Minimum OS Version Windows 10 version 1703 (Build 15063)