Changing the tree root has been removed, since it* caused a lot of confusion, and hopefully isn't needed as much now you have more control over how the tree is arranged.
(* Confusion was more about the Prefs "Start Folder Tree At..." option than the commands themselves, but as I understand it they're all tied together.)
I think we may have been contemplating adding the commands back but I don't know if that's still being considered. I suspect it's a non-trivial amount of work.