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The original poster encountered errors when attempting to upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 after a clean installation, experiencing persistent error messages during the upgrade process. A responder advises that it's unnecessary to upgrade from Windows 7 first; instead, they recommend directly installing Windows 10 using an ISO and bootable USB method. Overall, the thread suggests that performing a clean installation of Windows 10 with a bootable media is a simpler and more effective approach.

obakir

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Hi All,
Have a problem upgrading to 10. I booted from my original win 7 x64 home edition, clean installed, deleted all files. It may be worth noting when I was prompted what disk to put OS on, i deleted 2 100mb partions as I figured they weren't needed, and loaded the OS onto my main 1000gig SSD . Afer the setup time and resetting a few times Win 7 loaded up. Now I was off to upgrade to win 10. I went to
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and clicked on 'update now'
File downloaded, and when i tried to run it got this error
An image from 'Can't upgrade to Win 10 from clean install of 7'. Screenshots show Windows 10 update errors: invalid Win32 app and tool execution failure with error code.

I then clicked on 'Create Windows 10 installation media', tried to run it, then got this message..
An image from 'Can't upgrade to Win 10 from clean install of 7'. Screenshots show Windows 10 update errors: invalid Win32 app and tool execution failure with error code.

Just keep hitting walls. This is a total nightmare, why is this happening? Any help is appreciated, thanks all..
 

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Neemobeer

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There is no need to install Win 7 and then upgrade. Just install Windows 10 and enter the Win7 license
 

SavorySilicon

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NeemoBEER is right, just download Win10 ISO > Install Ventoy to USB > boot to USB > Install Win10.