Re: Reinstalling Oracle

Leroy,

I once did these things:
1. Start/Settings/Control Panel/Services: Find, if running Stop, Disable all Oracle Services
2. Run Oracle Installer (if possible) and remove as many of the installed products as it will.
3. Run RegEdt32: Delete key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/ORACLE and all it's subkeys.
4. Start Explorer via Start/Settings/Taskbar/Start Menu Programs/Advanced

        Navigate to %YOUR_WINNT_HOME_DIR%\Profiles\AllUsers\StartMenu\Programs\ and delete all Oracle program groups.
5. Delete your ORACLE_HOME directory tree.

My experience is: Really read the installation guide and the READMEs. And I never had to re-install NT because of Oracle . <sigh>

There is a way to delete the services from the registry but I forgot... Sorry. Maybe somebody else could fill in please?

Regards
Eike

leroyg_at_earthlink.net wrote:

> Can someone explain, or direct me to an FAQ or piece of Oracle documentation
> that explains, how to reinstall Oracle products if you feel something has gone
> wrong?
>
> I have installed Oracle 8 Enterprise Edition on Windows NT Workstation 4.0,
> along with Developer/2000 2.1 and Designer/2000 2.1.1, but after trying to
> set up the Designer repository, I was unable to shut down the database using
> svrmgr30, and now I can't connect to the database. I get the error ORA-01034
> ORACLE Unavailable. It has gone from bad to worse, and I am afraid I have
> done something irreversible. I cannot log in to Server Manager as INTERNAL,
> SYS, or SYSTEM, and I get the ORA-01034 error in all my products, from
> Designer to Instance Manager to SQL*Plus. I want to clear this up ASAP so I
> can begin learning to use Designer to model a new system. I am willing to
> resintall if it does not mean reinstalling NT as well. Does anyone recognize
> these symptoms and what can be done about them?
>
> All I want is a clean, desktop developer installation that I can use to work
> with SQL, PL/SQL, Designer, and Developer. I don't need anything fancy in
> terms of networking or extras beyond the Object capability. How can I achieve
> this setup?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Leroy
>
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Received on Thu Aug 26 1999 - 10:25:54 CDT