2012-09-26 05:50 AEST by Glen Starrett - If you use setci -a "long path here" then setci -d "long path here", it adds the
short version of the path but never removes it.  Example:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\testcvs>setci -l
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\Desktop
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\Desktop\testcvs
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\Desktop\TEST_D~1
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\MYDOCU~1\cs
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\cs
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\APPLIC~1\MARCHH~1\Temp
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\March
Hare\Temp
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\March
Hare\myrepo
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\APPLIC~1\MARCHH~1\myrepo

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\testcvs>setci -a "c:\Program Fil
es\Common Files\Services"

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\testcvs>setci -l
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\Services
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Program Files\Common Files\Services
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\Desktop
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\Desktop\testcvs
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\Desktop\TEST_D~1
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\MYDOCU~1\cs
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\cs
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\APPLIC~1\MARCHH~1\Temp
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\March
Hare\Temp
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\March
Hare\myrepo
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\APPLIC~1\MARCHH~1\myrepo

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\testcvs>setci -d "c:\Program Fil
es\Common Files\Services"

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\testcvs>setci -l
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\Services
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\Desktop
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\Desktop\testcvs
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\Desktop\TEST_D~1
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\MYDOCU~1\cs
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\cs
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\APPLIC~1\MARCHH~1\Temp
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\March
Hare\Temp
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\March
Hare\myrepo
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\APPLIC~1\MARCHH~1\myrepo

2012-09-26 12:24 AEST by Arthur Barrett - not a bug.

to remove the short version of the path you have to specify the short version of the path.

ie: the 'add' function facilitates converting any path (including a relative path) to a short+long path, but 
the 'del' function actually does nothing smart - just deletes exactly the path you tell it to delete. 

setci -l
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\APPLIC~1\MARCHH~1\Temp
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\MarchHare\Temp
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\MarchHare\myrepo
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\APPLIC~1\MARCHH~1\myrepo


setci -d c:\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\APPLIC~1\MARCHH~1\Temp

setci -l
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\MarchHare\Temp
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\MarchHare\myrepo
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\APPLIC~1\MARCHH~1\myrepo



This bug could be changed to an 'enhancement' - but setci appears designed to NOT be smart at all 
deliberately - so that if a 'invalid' path is accidentally added then it can be removed easily, i.e.: no need to 
deal with frustrating errors about 'path does not exist'.


changing subject from:
Setci -d doesn't remove "short" version of path

to:

enh: setci -d auto delete short and long variations of path 


note: I personally think this is a bad idea - maybe if it was done it could be an additional switch, e.g.:

setci -a -d c:\path\to\dir