Re: Can't even UNINSTALL Oracle

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: 2000/07/14
Message-ID: <963603969.22167.0.pluto.d4ee154e@news.demon.nl>#1/1

"Robert Wagner" <RobertWagner_at_alum.mit.edu> wrote in message news:HsIb5.18801$9E6.111521_at_newsr1.maine.rr.com...
> I posted a message two days ago ("Lost ability to start Oracle!") in this
> newsgroup, with no responses so far.
>
> So, I decided to simply uninstall (Oracle8 Personal vers 8.0.4, running on
> Windows NT SP 6A) and reinstall it. But I couldn't even get the Installer
 to
> run! I get the message "Exception: access Violation 0xc0000005, Address
> 0x7801425c".
>
> What do I do now?
>
>

You have an installer with Y2K problems. You can download an updated installer at http://technet.oracle.com in the Utilities section. Alternatively you could deinstall Oracle the rough way:

- delete the c:\orant tree
- delete the hklm\software\oracle
- delete the services from the registry

(prior to wiping ORANT, using oradim80 -delete -service <name> should also work)

Hth,
Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA Received on Fri Jul 14 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT