RE: Oracle Un-Installation doesn't Remove all files!!
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:52:08 -0700
Message-ID: <FE043305B38A0F448F3924429D650C2A0769EFFF@VEXBE2.ex.ad3.ucdavis.edu>
Greetings,
MSDTC often gets in the way of uninstalls, upgrades and patches. I don't remember if it is suggested anywhere but I think it is a good idea to disable it whenever you are performing these actions.
Thanks.
Bill Wagman
Univ. of California at Davis
IET Campus Data Center
wjwagman_at_ucdavis.edu
(530) 754-6208
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Subject: Re: Oracle Un-Installation doesnt Remove all files!!
The document suggests rebooting Windows to delete some remaining files
and
folders. But all we need is really just to find the processes holding
the
files/folders open. In case of Oracle uninstall, it's almost always
oci.dll
opened by MSDTC (Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator).
Temporarily
stopping the service allows us to delete the file. You can see open
files in
`handle -a' or Process Explorer (utilities from Sysinternals.com).
Yong Huang
> 1. No, this is not a bug. If you want to completely remove Oracle
> software from a Windows machine follow DocID: *124353.1 On metalink.
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