Re: uninstalling Oracle server

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: 16 Jul 2001 02:06:45 -0700
Message-ID: <a20d28ee.0107160106.214ccabf@posting.google.com>

Christoph Kukulies <kuku_at_gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> wrote in message news:<9iu2di$59r$1_at_nets3.rz.RWTH-Aachen.DE>...
> Oracle (at least 8.0.5 - don't know for 8i) installs into NT 4.0
> in a way which makes it hard to deinstall. Neither there is a decent
> Uninstaller nor there is a way to do it via Add/Remove Programs in the
> system setup group.
>
> I used regedt32 and del /s resp. explorer to remove all traces of Oracle
> I could find though still I'm not sure whether I have found all.
>
> Also Oracle may have installed DLLs which stay left in the system unless
> I will be doing a complete NT reinstall.
>
> Weird.
>
> Another side note: The 8.0.5 installer from the CD crashes randomly.
> Very very instable. (This is NT 4.0 SP6a or SP6)

Why need an UnInstaller if you can remove products by means of the Installer?

Regards,

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA Received on Mon Jul 16 2001 - 04:06:45 CDT