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Uninstalling Oracle 10g in Windows XP [message #121706] Tue, 31 May 2005 11:02 Go to next message
wtolentino
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How do I uinstall the oracle 10g in Windows XP platform. I tried using the oracle universal installer to deinstall the product. However, after rebooting the oracle software is still there. I tried this many times using the oracle universal installer but failed.
Re: Uninstalling Oracle 10g in Windows XP [message #121708 is a reply to message #121706] Tue, 31 May 2005 11:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Frank
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What oracle software is still there ? The database files? The binaries (if yes, which?)
Re: Uninstalling Oracle 10g in Windows XP [message #121712 is a reply to message #121706] Tue, 31 May 2005 11:29 Go to previous messageGo to next message
smartin
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If you want to totally wipe the machine of everything oracle, do the oracle universal uninstaller first. Then look through and delete any remaining files like datafiles and binaries (c:\program files) and any other related oracle file. Search for the word oracle, and also search for files ending in .ora and .dbf. Then go into the registry and delete anything with oracle in it. But warning, only do this if you want to totally delete everything oracle off of a machine, which is far more than just deleting a single database.
Re: Uninstalling Oracle 10g in Windows XP [message #121731 is a reply to message #121706] Tue, 31 May 2005 14:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
wtolentino
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I had used the oracle universal installer to deinstall the oracle 10g but seem nothing happens after the reboot. I had tried to removed the oracle software by removing the oracle folder at c:\program files. However, seems that it some .dll files are still in used which prevented me from removing it. Does any had a step-by-step procedure to uninstall it? I need to installed a fresh oracle 10g again. Thanks.
Re: Uninstalling Oracle 10g in Windows XP [message #121732 is a reply to message #121731] Tue, 31 May 2005 14:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
girish.rohini
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In this case u need to clean up the registry entries.
Do clean all registry entries that contain oracle in them. Do take proper care in doing so.

After this u can reinstall oracle, if u wish.
Re: Uninstalling Oracle 10g in Windows XP [message #130796 is a reply to message #121732] Tue, 02 August 2005 10:45 Go to previous messageGo to next message
wtolentino
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Thanks do you had a step-by-step instruction how to clean up the registry?
Re: Uninstalling Oracle 10g in Windows XP [message #130817 is a reply to message #130796] Tue, 02 August 2005 12:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Barbara Boehmer
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You will also need to stop any Oracle processes before you can delete things associated with them.
Re: Uninstalling Oracle 10g in Windows XP [message #130823 is a reply to message #121706] Tue, 02 August 2005 14:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
wtolentino
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I had stopped all the related services on the windows console by going thru the administrative tools then services. Next step is to cleanup the registry how do I cleanup the registry? Thanks.
Re: Uninstalling Oracle 10g in Windows XP [message #130829 is a reply to message #130823] Tue, 02 August 2005 15:48 Go to previous messageGo to next message
TLegend33
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Run REGEDIT:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->SOFTWARE
remove the Oracle entry.

Backup your registry first, just in case.
Re: Uninstalling Oracle 10g in Windows XP [message #131393 is a reply to message #130829] Fri, 05 August 2005 14:13 Go to previous messageGo to next message
wtolentino
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Thanks. I had tried removing all oracle entries from the registry. I reboot the system and use the oracle universal installer to deinstall. I reboot the system but seems that the product files are still there.
Re: Uninstalling Oracle 10g in Windows XP [message #131432 is a reply to message #131393] Sat, 06 August 2005 04:16 Go to previous message
saadatahmad
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The first thing is to deinstall the product from Oracle Installer. Then remove the oracle folder from your system. Then
Open REGEDIT
SELECT My Computer on the left side of registry window
Click on Ctrl+F to open the search dialogue box.
Type in there oracle
Select Keys, Values, data and the press Enter.
Delete any value which you see.
Repeat this process untill you delete all the entries for oracle in the registry.
After this, check for .ora, and .dbf entries as well and if found remove those entries as well.
Find if you still have any oracle folder in your hard disk. If found, remove that as well.
This way, you can completely remove oracle from your system
Let us know if it solves the problem or not.
Regards.

Caution: Playing with the registry can harm your computer. Be sure to make a back up of your registry first and then only remove the above mentioned folders and files.

[Updated on: Sat, 06 August 2005 04:20]

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