RE: NT4+oracle8.0.5: OCIW32.dll can't be deleted and finding lock

From: Reardon, Bruce (CALBBAY) <Bruce.Reardon_at_comalco.riotinto.com.au>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 22:30:48 -0000
Message-Id: <10679.121949@fatcity.com>

According to a message I read on Metalink on this topic, you might need to: Stop the MS DTC service (if it exists) - the distributed transaction coordinator
or remove the Oracle directories from the path and then reboot

You might also want to try stopping the SNMP service (if you are using it).

If that doesn't work (or maybe first) then try to find out what process is locking the dll file:

net file - from cmd prompt

        this will tell you files being accessed through the network

tlist taskname

        tlist is from the NT4 resource kit and don't know if it works under Win 2000

	tlist no params will give you all the tasks running
	tlist taskname (or number) will tell you the dll's, drv's, exe's etc
being accessed by that task
	- useful if you can't delete a dll because it is in use
	can only do one task at a time (though could write a for loop to do

all at once)

nthandle / handleex

        available from http://www.sysinternals.com/

        I have had these occassionaly miss an open / locked dll from the list of open files

		(hence why tlist is mentioned above)
	But very handy in that it is easy to search for an open file (can do

all open files at once)

Regards,
Bruce Reardon
mailto:bruce.reardon_at_comalco.riotinto.com.au

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Pall [mailto:tom_at_cdproc.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 14 November 2000 8:17

Have you removed _ALL_ Oracle services?
Take a look at your control panel/services applet (if that still exists in w2k)
or your registry.

• Original Message ----- To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 8:40 PM

> hi,dbas,
> i encounted a problem when i delete Oracle8.0.5 on my win2000 server.
> i first stopped the oracle service in the control panel, and then delete
the entries in the registry , the the third stop to delete the oracle directory in the explorer. but the file ociw32.dll can't be deleted, with the error message" file in use.". i restarted the nt box and the error still exists.
> what shall i do to delete that file?
> can someone give me some advice?
> thanks very much.
Received on Mon Nov 13 2000 - 16:30:48 CST