Re: problem installing developer 9

From: Karsten Farrell <kfarrell_at_medimpact.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 22:55:10 GMT
Message-ID: <h11r9.901$Wt6.83212609_at_newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>

Daniel Morgan wrote:
> If you know enough of Windows not to be too dangerous in the registry here's
> what I'd do.
>
> 1. Use the Oracle installer to remove everything.
> 2. Go into the registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE and clean
> everything out
> 3. Go to c:\program files\oracle and clean everything out
> 4. Go to c:\oracle and clean everything out
> 5. Reboot
>
> Daniel Morgan
>

To add to what Daniel wrote, here's a little bit of text that I put together after installing 9iAS on various Win2k servers as it moved from development to QA to production. Had to clean up as it moved up the "ladder". You should only attempt this if you are confident moving around in the Win registry.

And be *sure* to modify this to suit your particular situation (parts are specific to our servers here).

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Completely remove Oracle from Windows NT/2000

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   Don't follow these steps if you only want to remove one product. This    procedure completely erases all knowledge of Oracle on your server.

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Deinstall using Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) [optional]

Start each OUI and uninstall the products found there. If you have multiple Oracle homes, you'll need to uninstall from each OUI in each home (not as "universal" as the name implies). This disables the software.

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Stop all Oracle services

NOTE: For this and all subsequent steps, make sure you are logged in as a

       Windows NT/2000 Administrator.

1. Choose Start -> Settings -> Control Panel
2. Double-click Administrative Tools
3. Double-click Services
4. Stop all services that begin with "Oracle...":
5. Right-click each service
6. Choose Stop

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Remove all registry entries related to Oracle

   HKLM = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   HKCU = HKEY_CURRENT_USER
   HKCR = HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

1. Choose Start -> Run

2. Type "regedit" and click OK
3. Delete following registry keys (can export prior to delete if cautious):

1. HKLM -> Software -> Oracle (all)
2. HKLM -> Software -> Apache Group -> Apache -> 1.x.x (some): Delete node if it points to Oracle; otherwise leave it
3. HKLM -> Software -> Classes (some): Delete any folders that begin with "Ora"
4. HKLM -> System -> CurrentControlSet -> Services (some): Delete any folders that begin with "Ora"
5. HKLM -> System -> ControlSet001 [thru 00n] -> Services (some): Delete any folders that begin with "Ora"
6. HKCU -> Software -> Oracle (all)
7. HKCR Delete all folders starting with "Ora" or "Orcl"

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Remove all environment variables related to Oracle

1. Choose Start -> Settings -> Control Panel
2. Double-click System
3. Depending on your O/S:
4. Windows NT - Select Environment tab
5. Windows 2000 - Select Advanced tab
6. Click Environment Variables
7. In the User Variables area, select and delete any of the following:
8. DISCO_JRE
9. DISCO_VBROKER
10. VBROKER_JAVAVM
11. VBROKER_TAG
12. WV_GATEWAY_CFG
13. Select and edit the PATH variable to remove all Oracle directory references

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Remove Windows NT Oracle user(s) [optional]

1. Choose Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tools -> User Manager for Domains
2. Highlight the appropriate user(s)
3. Click Delete

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Remove Oracle folders from all disks

1. Open Windows Explorer (or My Computer)
2. Delete any folders where you've installed Oracle software - such as:
3. C:\Oracle\*
4. C:\Program Files\Oracle\*
5. Delete any temp folders - such as:
6. C:\Temp\Install Guide\*
7. C:\Temp\OraInstall\*

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Remove Oracle shortcuts

1. Right-click Start and choose Explore
2. Remove any Oracle-related shortcuts you have
3. Remove any Oracle-related shortcuts other users have - such as:
4. All Users
5. Default User
6. Administrator

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Reboot [optional]

1. Choose Start -> Shutdown -> Restart

Received on Wed Oct 16 2002 - 00:55:10 CEST