Re: Reinstalling Oracle

Did you set ORACLE SID environment?  

To delete oracle service:

    oradim80 -delete -sid <sid>
    Eike J. Heinze wrote in message <37C55C82.63806935_at_compuware.com>...     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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