standard way to convert to short path in .net

Question

looking for the standard bug-proofed way to convert \"long names\" such as \"C:\\Documents and settings\" to their equivalent \"short names\" \"C:\\DOCUME~1\"

I need

Answer 1

The trick with GetShortPathName from WinAPI works fine, but be careful when using very long paths there.

We just had an issue when calling 7zip with paths longer than MAX_PATH. GetShortPathName wasn't working if the path was too long. Just prefix it with "\?\" and then it will do the job and return correctly shortened path.