Re: Nukeing Oracle 8.0.5 from NT Server

Just because you have stopped a service doesn't mean that the dll's aren't registered. As Daniel points out if you do an oradim -delete and reboot you remove the offending service altogether.

Barry

"Ed Stevens" <spamdump_at_nospam.noway.nohow> wrote in message news:3cdaadac.271403928_at_ausnews.austin.ibm.com...
> On Thu, 09 May 2002 15:44:35 GMT, Daniel Morgan <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Ed Stevens wrote:
> >
> >> Platform: Oracle 8.0.5 on NT 4
> >>
> >> Trying to totall eradicate Oracle SE 8.0.5 from an NT server.
Installer won't
> >> remove itself or the Required Support Files. Claims I have to stop all
Oracle
> >> services, even though all Oracle services (as listed in the Services
control
> >> panel) are stopped. OK, the Oracle installer can only do so much.
Going on.
> >>
> >> Tried to delete the \Orant directory. Balks at several of the .DLLs,
claiming
> >> they are in use. Remember, all Oracle services are started. OK, I'll
go on to
> >> the registry. Deleted HKLM\Software\Oracle. Deleted all Oracle
services from
> >> HKLM\system\CurrenControlSet. Searching through the registry for any
other
> >> instances of "ora" Obviously a lot of false hits on things that simply
had
> >> "ora" as part of a string of characters (like "EudORA") but I also get
a lot of
> >> actual oracle references in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID. Things like
HCR\CLSID\{ a
> >> big hex value here }\ToolboxBitmap32; (default)=d:\orant\bin\oradc.ocx,
1.
> >>
> >> Anybody have any idea what these CLSID entries are, can I leave them
alone
> >> before installing 8.1.7, should I remove them, if so how?
> >>
> >> TIA
> >> --
> >> Ed Stevens
> >> (Opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of my employer.)
> >
> >You can make the decision as to what to touch or leave alone if you read
the
> >documentation on the CD that tells you how to install and upgrade the
product. That
> >same information can be found at http://technet.oracle.com.
> >
> >But generally to remove Oracle from a Windows machine.
> >
> >1) User ORADIM to drop the Windows services: oradim -delete -sid
<sid_name>
> >2) Reboot
> >3) Drop all directories containing Oracle application and database files
including
> >those hidden under C:\Program Files
> >4) Clean out all Oracle entries in the registry ... carefully avoiding
those that
> >refer to Oracle but are not from Oracle such as those related to
Microsoft's Oracle
> >ODBC drivers
> >5) Reboot
> >
> >Daniel Morgan
> >
> Yes, I have read those docs as well as a couple of technical bulletins
from
> MetaLink. Bottom line is Oracle (especially pre-8.1) does a lousy job of
> un-installing itself. The documented steps don't always work -- thinking
> services are running when they aren't, leaving OS level locks on files so
they
> can't be deleted manually, trash left in the registry -- all kinds of
little
> 'gotcha's that keep you from making the machine look like it never saw
Oracle.
> --
> Ed Stevens
> (Opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of my employer.)
Received on Thu May 09 2002 - 13:54:27 CDT