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From: Charles Davis <Stratford2000_at_home.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 23:33:59 GMT
Message-ID: <3B27F94D.F48DA022@home.net> 






from Metalink.....



Doc ID: 


         Note:74790.1


  Subject: 


         Cleanly Deinstalling RDBMS Software from 95/98/NT
  Type: 


         BULLETIN



  Status: 


         PUBLISHED



                                                      Content Type: 
                                                                      
TEXT/PLAIN
                                                      Creation Date: 
                                                                      
08-OCT-1999
                                                      Last Revision
Date: 
                                                                      




23-APR-2001




 




  Cleanly Deinstalling Oracle RDBMS Software from Windows 95/98/NT
Machines

 





  Purpose 





  This bulletin explains how to remove Oracle software from a Windows
95, 98,


  or NT system. 




  Scope & Application 





  This bulletin assumes the reader has a thorough understanding of the 
  operating system and the Windows registry. 
    



  Related Documents 





  [NOTE:61621.1] Recreating Oracle7 / Oracle8 services and instances
from 

                  the command line 






  Introduction 





  Removing or deinstalling Oracle software from an 95/98/NT operating
system


  requires several steps to completely creating a 'clean' machine. This
  document explains what must be done to remove all Oracle software from
the 


  system. 




  Warning 





    
  
  1.   Backup 
      Be careful, because these steps remove all Oracle software, Oracle
services,
      and Oracle registry entries from the system. 
      So it is advisable that you first perform a backup, if required,
of 
      certain files like: 
         SQL*Nnet configuration files
         Database files
         Self-written scripts
         





      that are stored under the oracle home directory, etc. 



  2)  The following procedures require the editing of Windows registry,
which is a 


      potentially dangerous operation. There is no undo option in the
Registry 


      Editor. 


     Content 
     ------- 

     A. 32-bit on Windows NT 
     B. 32-bit on Win95/Win98 
     C. 16-bit 

     A. 32-bit on Windows NT 
     ----------------------- 
     1.  Ensure that you are logged in as a user with Administrator


privileges. 



     2.  Stop all Oracle-related services and all Oracle programs. 



     3.  Remove the database services via the oradim command. This can
be 


         done via ORADIMXX -DELETE -SID <SID> or via the 'SC' tool of
the 

         resource kit. 
         For a full explanation on using the ORADIM command, see


[NOTE:61621.1]. 

    
         As from 8.1.6, the method for deinstalling is to first run
Net8CA 


         in Deinstall mode, then run DBCA to delete a database, then run
OUI 



         to deinstall the products.  At this point, all services should
be 


         removed. 



    4.  Start the ODBC administrator applet, if installed, and remove
any 


        Oracle DSN definitions. 
    


    5.  Remove the Oracle software via the Oracle installer or the 

        Universal Installer (8.1.5 and onwards). Make sure that all 
        services related to Oracle are stopped first. 
        Note that you cannot remove the installer itself. 

        If Legato Storage Manager is installed on the system, then
remove it via 
        the uninstaller executable that is shipped with Legato. 
            Start->Programs->Networker->Uninstall Networker 

        Caution: If Legato Storage Manager was installed independently
of 
                Oracle, DO NOT REMOVE LSM, because your system's backup 
                environment may be adversely affected. 

    6.  Start the Event Viewer, Log->Application, and clean up the 
        application logs for Oracle. 

    7.  Start the registry editor. This can be done via regedit or 
        regedt32. 

        a)  If the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) was used, go to 
            HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Oracle and write down the value
of 
            the INST_LOC variable. This shows you where the OUI 
            software is installed. This can then be used to remove the
OUI 
            from the machine afterwards. 

        b)  Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software and remove the ORACLE key, 
            look into the ODBC key for any 'leftovers' of Oracle. If
they 
            exist, then remove them as well. 

        c)  Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services
and 
            verify that all services that start with 'Oracle' are
removed. 
            If this is not the case, then remove the services starting
with 
           'Oracle' (database related) and the ones that start with 
            'OraWeb' (Oracle Application Server related). 
            No entries will not be removed from the services dialog box 
            until you reboot. 

        d)  Go to 
           
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\ 
            Application and look for keys that start with 'Oracle'. 
            Normally, they should have been removed in Step 5. 

        e)  Go to 
            HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion 
            \Uninstall 
            and remove all entries related to Oracle 

            Typical entries to found there are: 
                    Oracle JInitiator 1.1.x.x 

        f)  Close the registry editor. 
   




    8.  Remove any Oracle related .INI files that may exist in the
Windows 

        NT Boot directory. The Windows NT boot directory may be found by 
        entering "SET WINDIR" from a command prompt. 

        Typical Oracle .INI files include ORADIM73.INI, ORADIM80.INI, 
        ORACLE.INI, ORAODBC.INI 

    9.  Go to Start->Settings->control Panel->System->Environment. 
        * Select in the 'System Variables' window the PATH variable and 
          remove the %ORACLE_HOME%\BIN directory. If JRE was installed
by 
          Oracle, then remove the JRE path as well. 
          (For example: ...;C:\Orant\Bin;C:\Program
Files\Oracle\jre\1.1.7\bin;...) 
        * Check the ‘User Variables for user xxx’ section also for
Oracle 
          entries to remove. 
        * Check as well the ‘System Variables’ as ‘User Variables for
user 
          xxx’ windows for Oracle variable to remove: typical entries
could 
          be: ORACLE_SID, TNS_ADMIN, … 

    10. Remove any icons and references from the start menu. They are 
        listed into the C:\Winnt\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs 
        directory. 
        Normally, they should be removed by the Oracle Installer in Step


4. 



    
  
  1.   Remove the %ORACLE_HOME% directory from the machine, either by 
        using the Windows NT Explorer or from the command prompt. 

  
  2.   If the Oracle products were installed via the Oracle Universal 
        Installer, then remove this also from the system. By default, it
is 
        installed under the Oracle directory in C:\Program Files,
although 
        you could have specified an alternative directory when 
        you installed the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI). In that
case, 
        look at the INST_LOC parameter you have noted down in Step 6a. 

  
  3.   Reboot your computer. 


  
  4.   32-bit on Win95/Win98 

    

  
  5.   Stop all Oracle programs. 

  
  6.   Start the ODBC administrator applet, if installed, and remove
any 
        Oracle DSN definitions. 

  
  7.   Remove the Oracle software via the Oracle installer or the 
        Universal Installer (8.1.5 and onwards). Note that you cannot
remove 
        the installer itself. 
        If Legato Storage Manager is installed on the system, then
remove it via 
        the uninstaller executable that is shipped with Legato. 
            Start->Programs->Networker->Uninstall Networker 






        Caution: If Legato Storage Manager was installed independently
of 

                Oracle, then DO NOT REMOVE LSM, because your system's
backup 
                environment may be adversely affected. 

    4.  Start the registry editor. This can be done via regedit or 
        regedt32. 

        a)  If the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) was used, go to 
            HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Oracle and write down the value
of 
            the INST_LOC variable. This is showing you where the OUI 
            software is installed. This can then be used to remove the
OUI 
            from the machine afterwards. 

        b)  Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software and remove the ORACLE key, 
            look into the ODBC key for any 'leftovers' of Oracle, if
they 
            exist remove them as well. 

        c)  Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ 
            CurrentVersion\Uninstall and remove all entries related to 
            Oracle. 





    5.  Close the registry editor. 



    6.  Edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT file and remove the %ORACLE_HOME%\bin and 

        JRE paths from the PATH. 
        (For example: ...;C:\Orant\Bin;C:\Program
Files\Oracle\jre\1.1.7\bin;...) 
        Check if any Oracle variables are set in the AUTOEXEC.BAT.  If
there are,
        then remove them. 

    7.  Remove any icons and references from the Start menu.  They are 
        listed in the C:\Windows\Start Menu\Programs directory via
Windows 
        Explorer. These are not always removed by the Oracle installer
in 
        Step 2. 

    8.  Remove the %ORACLE_HOME% directory from the machine, either by 
        using the Windows Explorer or from the command prompt. 

    9.  If the Oracle products were installed via the Oracle Universal 
        Installer, remove this also from the system. By default, it is 
        installed under the Oracle directory in C:\Program Files,
although 
        you could have specified an alternative directory when 
        you installed the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI). In that
case, 
        look at the INST_LOC parameter you have noted down in Step 3a. 





    
  
  1.   Remove any Oracle-related .INI files that may exist in the
Windows 
        directory. The Windows may be found by entering "echo %WINDIR%" 
        from a command prompt. 





        Typical Oracle .INI files include ORADIM73.INI, ORADIM80.INI, 
        ORACLE.INI, ORAODBC.INI 





    
  
  1.   Reboot you computer. 


  
  2.   16-bit 

    






    The default Oracle Home for Windows 3.X is orawin. 



    
  
  1.   If the database is running, then shut it down. 

  
  2.   Deinstall all Oracle products with the Oracle Installer. 


  
      
    
    1.   Run orainst.exe from your Oracle Home. The Oracle Software 
            Asset Manager window is displayed. 

    
    2.   Select all of the Oracle products that are listed in the 
            right window pane. 

    
    3.   Click the [REMOVE] button. 


  
    
  
  3.   Delete your ORACLE_HOME directory. 

  
  4.   Use your favorite text editor and edit win.ini. 


  
      
    
    1.   Locate the ora_config parameter. 
            Remove the file that ora_config points to. 

    
    2.   Delete all references to Oracle from the win.ini file. 



  
    





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Kit wrote:

> 
> I am a new user of Oracle. I have install the Oracle Database 8.1.7 in
> Windows NT, and uninstall it, but when I reinstall it, the home I create
> before is still there, How can I delete that?
> Thanks for answering such question


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