Re: Designer 2000 Install help required on Win2000 machine

Thanks for your help. Looks like I'm in for another long night of uninstalling, reinstalling...and try again (damm) Best wishes and thanks for the reply.
...Steve

TurkBear <johng_at_mm.com> wrote in message news:3a01e48b.8438854_at_news.news-ituk.to...
>
> Sadly, you have come upon the dreaded 'cannot use multiple homes with
 Designer
> installer' problem....
>
> There are no good solutions; you must remove the oracle homes ( uninstall
 and
> clear out the registry and, optionally, remove the directory
 structures )...
> Install designer first...Then the others....
>
> You may want to wait to see if Oracle plans a 8.1 ( or multi-home )
 compatible
> version of the program...
>
>
> "stevepaulgraham" <stevepaulgraham_at_netscapeonline.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >I'm trying to install Designer 2000 on a single development machine and
 have
> >the following setup on the machine.
> >
> >I have Oracle Server 8i 8.1.6 installed in Home = OraHome81.
> >I have also installed WebDB in Home = OraWebDB.
> >
> >When I try to install Des2000 using the Homes I get "location is already
> >used as an Oracle Home for 816 production and cannot be used as Oracle
> >Home". It won't let me enter another value in the Home field at install
> >time.
> >
> >This is my first attempt to install Designer and I can't get it going I
> >would appreciate any help to get it running and the steps required. I'd
 like
> >to install the preconfigured DB.
> >
> >Thanks in advance
> >
> >...Steve
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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Received on Fri Nov 03 2000 - 14:59:26 CET