Re: Uninstall Oracle 8 Server (for NT) ?

From: Jonathan Gennick <jonathan_at_gennick.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 03:44:22 GMT
Message-ID: <37c2c38e.50238619@netnews.worldnet.att.net>

For Oracle8 (not 8i), I always did the following:

shutdown all oracle instances.
delete c:\orant
delete database files, wherever they are
Run regedit and delete hkey_local_machine\software\oracle
Run ODBC Administrator, delete any unwanted datasources.

Be very careful with regedit. Be careful doing this at all. Steps 2 and 3 result in your database files being deleted. In other words, don't blame me if you delete something that you want to keep<g>.

Some good news on this front: The release notes for 8i contain documentation for removing an 8i install to create a clean machine. 8i makes the process a bit more complicated, so it's nice that Oracle documented it.

Jonathan

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On Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:54:20 GMT, Pithly Dawn <beth_at_dqd.com> wrote:

>I tried to uninstall Oracle 8 Server from a computer yesterday, but I
>don't think it went quite the way it is supposed to. There isn't an
>uninstall program, so I used the Installer to remove all Oracle
>programs/files. It couldn't remove all the files, and I got multiple
>errors, including:
>
>- You must close all Oracle programs before removing this. -- The only
>program open was the Installer.
>
>- Cannot delete _________ file, check that it's not write-protected.
>(It wasn't.) (Received this about multiple files)
>
>Does anyone know how to successfully uninstall Oracle 8 Server? I
>actually will need to reinstall it later, so I want to make sure I
>don't leave it totally screwed up.
>
>Thanks!
>
>
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Received on Thu Aug 19 1999 - 22:44:22 CDT