Re: Uninstall of Oracle

"Ruslan Ainetdinov" <ruslan_a_at_iname.com> wrote in message news:98627d$2tvd$1_at_news.radio-msu.net...
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> HI!
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> > I've installed Oracle Personal Edition 8.1.6 on a D: drive of an NT 4.0
> > machine. As it turned out, I really needed to install it on C:. So, I
> > attempted to de-install it from D:. When done with the de-installation
> > using the Universal Installer (and it told me that all the products were
> > removed), I rebooted and proceeded to install on the C: drive. The
> > installer told me that there still was an instance on the D: drive. I
> > attempted to remove all Oracle-related keys from the registry, with no
> > success. There are two services still on the system (listener and the
> > one for the instance). How do I cleanly delete all traces of the
> > previous install?
>
> the best method deleting Oracle is
> Delete directory Oracle on drive D in Root and in Program Files also
> Delete section Oracle in HKLM/Software/Oracle
>
> and then start install again
>
> wbr, Ruslan
> ruslan_a_at_iname.com
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Nice answer as this still will *NOT* delete the *services*. You can delete the services directly in the registry or by using oradim -delete -service <servicename>

Hth,
Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA Received on Wed Mar 07 2001 - 14:56:08 CST