Re: Can't deinstall 8.1.6

Hi

    FOLLOW THW STEPS 1.delete all the files from oracle directory.trough windows explorer. 2. go to program files and check to see oracle directory delete it if exists.
3.delete every oracle products icons from the start up menu by clicking start/setting/taskbars.
4. most crucial

    go to start/run/regedit/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/software     double click on software, you find oracle and odbc driectory under it.     delete both the directories .Be carefull do't delete any thing else. 5. edit autoexec.bat to check whether in path c:\oracle\bin or any thing c:\orawin95\bin.just remove it & save the file. 6.restart the computer again & reinstall oracle from scratch.

Hope it will help.Pls revert if any other problem

azad
azadbulla_at_usa.net
kev wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've installed 8.1.6 on Red Hat 6.2, and created a DB at installation
> time. I realise I didn't want to do this, so I de-installed Oracle using
> the installer prog.
> When I select 'Installed Products' from the installer prog it says that
> there are no Oracle products installed, yet all the files are still
> there under OraHome1.
> If I run the installer prog again, it also picks up that there is a
> database in existence (the one I created on the first install).
> How am I supposed to actually uninstall Oracle?
>
> thanks,
>
> - Kev
>
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  Received on Thu Sep 28 2000 - 20:37:03 CDT