code: def get_win32_short_path_name(long_name):
      
      import ctypes
      from ctypes import wintypes
      _GetShortPathNameW = ctypes.windll.kernel32.GetShortPathNameW
      _GetShortPathNameW.argtypes = [wintypes.LPCWSTR, wintypes.LPWSTR, wintypes.DWORD]
      _GetShortPathNameW.restype = wintypes.DWORD
      output_buf_size = 0
      while True:
          output_buf = ctypes.create_unicode_buffer(output_buf_size)
          needed = _GetShortPathNameW(long_name, output_buf, output_buf_size)
          if output_buf_size >= needed:
              short_name = output_buf.value
              break
          else:
              output_buf_size = needed
      return short_name
docs: Gets the short path name of a given long path.
  
      References:
          http://stackoverflow.com/a/23598461/200291
          http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23598289/get-win-short-fname-python
  
      Example:
          >>> # DISABLE_DOCTEST
          >>> from utool.util_path import *  # NOQA
          >>> import utool as ut  # NOQA
          >>> # build test data
          >>> #long_name = unicode(normpath(ut.get_resource_dir()))
          >>> long_name = unicode(r'C:/Program Files (x86)')
          >>> #long_name = unicode(r'C:/Python27')
          #unicode(normpath(ut.get_resource_dir()))
          >>> # execute function
          >>> result = get_win32_short_path_name(long_name)
          >>> # verify results
          >>> print(result)
          C:/PROGRA~2