Re: Multiple homes with Toad

Before doing anything, you might want to backup your system. One thing you might want to try is removing the unwanted oracle_home from your registry. This will keep the installer from seeing both homes. You will have to remove it in two locations. You will need to look in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/ORACLE. You might want to try removing the unwanted entry from ALL_HOMES and also the corresponding HOME0 or HOME1. I haven't done this with a database but I have had some problems with tools and oracle homes before and this has worked.

In article <a1da5.3773$EA1.255879_at_news.total.net>,   "dichel" <dichel_at_mlink.net> wrote:
> I run Oracle Client 8.0.5 for my office tasks.
> This week end, I've install Personal Oracle 8.0.3 in a second home. At
 some
> point, it warned me if I wanted the new home to be the default one and
 I
> said Y.
>
> I could not run Quest Toad anymore and realized after reading Net8
 for
> Oracle 8 that I cannot have two versions of Net8 if one of my version
 is
> less than 8.0.4.
>
> Toad requires SQL*Net ot Net8 to run even with Personal Oracle. I want
 to
> remove Personal Oracle, but I can't. Oracle Installer does not run
 anymore
> for any of the versions installed.
>
> Question; My default home been Personal Oracle, is it catastrophic to
 delete
> it from the registd32. Do I have a chance to recover 8.0.5 ?
>
>

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