Invalid default library path in Delphi XE7

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I had Delphi XE7 installed for a couple of days. I realized that some paths (library path, debug path) were invalid (shown in gray color). Even though I changed NOTHING in Delphi settings I supposed it was my fault. So, I uninstalled Delphi XE and Delphi XE7 altogether and all related addons. Then I reinstalled Delphi XE7. RIGHT AFTER install I opened the IDE and checked the paths. They are still invalid. See attached image.

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I also noticed that the $(Platform) variable is empty. I am on Win32. Shouldn't it be 'Win32'?

enter image description here $(BDSLIB)\$(Platform)\debug is also gray (invalid).

What could be wrong with my installation?

Can anybody post this registry section:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\15.0\Library]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\15.0\Environment Variables]

WARNING
As Ken White suggested DO NOT ever press the 'Delete Invalid Path' button. Embarcadero should get rid of that button now!

Hint:

A part of those 'default' settings (that are not anymore available in XE7) were move in another place. For example 'default' packages loaded by IDE at start up are now under 'Component -> Install packages' menu. Quite hidden because of the 'install' word.

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There is no ($Platform) env var. It's substituted later. It doesn't look like you've really done a fresh install and made that screen shot. FastReports? Raize? – David Heffernan
I also have grey entries in my XE2 installation. It looks as if they were there from the beginning and everything works fine. – Jan Doggen
This was reported in QualityCentral a long time ago (back in 2007) but it seems that untill now Embarcadero hasn't fixed it yet even thou the QC in question (qc.embarcadero.com/wc/qcmain.aspx?d=43085) is closed in year 2009. – SilverWarior
You could have captured just the dialog rather than the large portion of the screen, which would have been more polite to mobile users and easier on the eyes for all of the rest of us. There's no need to post a giant image to display a small dialog. (+1 for the question, but please be more considerate of others in the future. Mobile users deal with small screens, and often pay for the data they download, so using images only when absolutely necessary and then using the smallest image possible is appreciated.) – Ken White
I see nothing in what David said that required posting a huge image. You could have just commented that you've confirmed it by the fact your recent projects list is empty. – Ken White

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Mine looks like this:

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I have no problems with my installation. I think that everything is fine and the invalid directories are not important.

I'm not sure why $(BDSLIB)\$(Platform)\release is deemed invalid in your screenshot. Perhaps that will resolve itself when you compile a project. However, I still think that everything here looks normal and that you will have no problems building projects.