Python with pywin32 [1] was also, and still is, a pretty good way to work with COM APIs. There is a book on it [2] from twenty years ago that is still surprisingly applicable.

[1] https://github.com/mhammond/pywin32/

[2] https://www.amazon.com/Python-Programming-Win32-Windows-Prog...

I agree with some of your points even though I love Python - but what is it you find lacking about the Windows support? Have you looked at Mark Hammond's pywin32 package and the accompanying book[1]?

The book is written for Python 1.5, but win32 hasn't changed much and neither has the core Python syntax, so it's still very much applicable. (The one major difference is that the book had to concern ifself with converting Unicode strings everywhere, whereas in Python 3 with current pywin32 it just works.)

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Python-Programming-Win32-Windows-Prog...