如果您在尝试从Windows 7/8/8.1升级到Windows 10或从Windows 10升级到Windows 11时遇到错误消息^{(Windows 11)}The system registry contains invalid file paths，那么这篇文章旨在帮助您。您可以尝试我们将在这篇文章中介绍的解决方案，以成功修复此问题。

当你遇到这个问题。您将收到以下完整的错误消息；

The system registry contains invalid file paths. Installation cannot proceed. This system image was applied without guaranteeing that drive-letter assignments would match across computers.

当出现此错误提示并且用户单击“确定”时，将导致重新启动并出现以下消息：

Any changes made to the computer will be undone…

半个永恒之后会发生重新启动，之后用户会发现他的旧Windows再次安装。

系统注册表包含无效的文件路径

如果您遇到此问题，您可以尝试以下我们推荐的解决方案（不分先后顺序），看看是否有助于解决问题。

1. 删除^(Delete)系统保留^{(System Reserved)}分区的盘符
2. 删除^(Delete)系统变量^{(System Variables)}中的一些条目
3. 全新安装 Windows 11/10。

让我们看一下关于列出的每个解决方案所涉及的过程的描述。

1]删除^(Delete)系统保留分区^{(System Reserved Partition)}的驱动器号

要删除系统保留分区的驱动器号，请执行以下操作：

• 按Windows key + R调用“运行”对话框。
• 在“运行”对话框中，键入diskmgmt.msc并按 Enter 以打开 Disk Management^{(open Disk Management)}。
• 在打开的窗口中，右键单击 下部窗格中的系统保留分区，然后选择^{( System Reserved partition)}更改驱动器号和路径。^{( Change Drive Letter and Paths.)}
• 在打开的对话框中，单击删除按钮^{( Remove button)}。
• 退出磁盘管理^{(Disk Management)}控制台并重新启动您的 PC。

在启动时，重试升级并查看该过程是否会成功完成，而不会出现系统注册表包含无效文件路径^{(The system registry contains invalid file paths)}错误。否则^(Otherwise)，请尝试下一个解决方案。

2 ]删除^{(] Delete)}系统变量^{(System Variables)}中的一些条目

要删除Windows 7/8/8.1上的一些系统变量条目，请执行以下操作：

• 调用运行对话框。
• 在“运行”对话框中，键入control system并按Enter以打开System Control Panel。
• 在“系统”窗口中，选择左侧列中的“高级系统设置” 。^{(Advanced System Settings)}
• 在“系统属性^{(System Properties)}”窗口中，单击“环境变量^{(Environment Variables)}”按钮。
• 在系统变量下，单击路径^(Path)。
• 现在删除除具有以下路径的条目之外的所有条目：

C:\Windows\system32

C:\Windows\Powershell

完成后，重新启动 PC 并再次尝试升级，看看问题是否已解决。如果是后者，请尝试下一个解决方案。

3]全新安装Windows 11/10

如果您使用更新助手^{(Update Assistant)}或直接从已安装的Windows 11/10ISO中运行安装程序，您最有可能遇到此系统注册表包含无效文件路径^{(The system registry contains invalid file paths)}错误。

此解决方案需要您尝试在计算机上全新安装 Windows 11/10，然后查看是否可以通过此升级块。

Hope this helps!

The system registry contains invalid file paths - Windows Upgrade error

If you’re encountering the error message The system registry contains invalid file paths when you attempt to upgrade from Windows 7/8/8.1 to Windows 10 or from Windows 10 to Windows 11, then this post is intended to help you. You can try the solutions we will present in this post to successfully remediate this issue.

When you encounter this issue. you’ll receive the following full error message;

The system registry contains invalid file paths. Installation cannot proceed. This system image was applied without guaranteeing that drive-letter assignments would match across computers.

When this error prompt appears and the user clicks on OK, this leads to a restart and the following message appears:

Any changes made to the computer will be undone…

After half an eternity a restart occurs and after that the user will find his old Windows installed again.

The system registry contains invalid file paths

If you’re faced with this issue, you can try our recommended solutions below in no particular order and see if that helps to resolve the issue.

1. Delete the drive letter of the System Reserved partition
2. Delete some entries in System Variables
3. Clean install Windows 11/10.

Let’s take a look at the description of the process involved concerning each of the listed solutions.

1] Delete the drive letter of the System Reserved Partition

To delete the drive letter of the System Reserved Partition, do the following:

• Press Windows key + R to invoke the Run dialog.
• In the Run dialog box, type diskmgmt.msc and hit Enter to open Disk Management.
• In the window that opens, right-click on the System Reserved partition in the lower pane and select Change Drive Letter and Paths.
• In the dialog that opens, click the Remove button.
• Exit Disk Management console and restart your PC.

On boot, retry the upgrade and see if the process will complete successfully without The system registry contains invalid file paths error. Otherwise, try the next solution.

2] Delete some entries in System Variables

To delete some system variables entries on the Windows 7/8/8.1, do the following:

• Invoke the Run dialog box.
• In the Run dialog box, type control system and hit Enter to open System Control Panel.
• In the System window, choose Advanced System Settings in the left column.
• In the System Properties window, click the Environment Variables button.
• Under System Variables, click Path.
• Now delete every entry except entries with the following path:

C:\Windows\system32

C:\Windows\Powershell

Once done, restart the PC and try the upgrade again and see if the issue is resolved or not. If the latter is the case, try the next solution.

3] Clean install Windows 11/10

You’re most likely to encounter this The system registry contains invalid file paths error if you’re using the Update Assistant or directly running setup from within the mounted Windows 11/10 ISO.

This solution entails you try to clean install Windows 11/10 on the machine instead and see if you can get past this upgrade block.

Hope this helps!

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