Draftsight V1R3.x

Has anyone come across a REAL and VIABLE solution to the installation failure issue seen with these versions (WIN 7 64bit)?  Will 3DS acknowledge that there is a REAL issue here and release a version that works?  It makes no sense that developers of a system such as SW would fall victim to such a seemingly trivial issue:  Error 1320; File path too long, WTF!!??