Re: Uninstall oracle

Perhaps because Oracle 8.0.x is not supported on Win2k.

Assuming you have no valid Oracle files on the system, to deinstall you will need to do the following

1. If any oracle services were created, make sure they are shut down
2. Using Oracle explorer of similar tool delete the entire directory pointed to by oracle_home
3. Using Oracle explorer or similar tool delete the entire directory c:\program files\oracle and subdirectories
4. Using regedit or regedt32 remove the entire key hkey_local_machine - software - Oracle
5. Remove all services that are associated with oracle (if any). This can be done using the resource kit utility delsrv or by using regedit or regedt32 to find and remove the services. If using regedit you will be going to the hkey_local_machine - system - currentcontrolset - services and remove the oracle services.

There may be still be a few files floating around on the c: drive but this should be enough to let you reinstall Oracle8i.

John

iashraf_at_csc.com wrote:

>As an experiment i tried installing oracle 8 (for NT) on my PC at home
>(which is win2k)it crashed at an early stage( with some OS
>error-obviously) How do i uninstall this crashed version? and why does
>oracle 8i (for NT) install without a problem?
>
>cheers all
>

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