Re: Universal Installer Totally Dead

For NT - I assume very similar for Win 2000.

Use the installer, if you can, to remove as many of the Oracle products as possible
Stop all Oracle services.
Go into the registry and search for keys and values like "ora". Delete all those that have to do with Oracle. It's usually pretty clear, but leave any alone you're unsure of.
Go back into the registry and do the same search for data like "ora" Delete as above.
Go to your Hard drive(s) and remove all oracle folders and files. Use your taskbar properties to edit and remove all the Oracle icons from your start menu.
Edit your path to remove any remaining mentions of Oracle products. Bounce your machine.
Remove any remaining folders and directories you could not remove before. Make sure all the Oracle services are gone. If not go back to the registry and search for and remove them.
Done.

It's not as bad as it sounds - should take half an hour or so.

Van

"David Murphy" <DavidMurphy_at_j-netdirect.com> wrote in message news:8ucs38$l2g$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> Hi - we just installed Ora 8.1.6 over 8.1.5. When we try to run the
> Universal Installer again it completely dies.
>
> Does anyone know how to remove all trace of Oracle on a Win 2000 box
> and start over rather than having to rebuild the entire machine?
>
> Thanks
> David M
>
>
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Received on Wed Nov 08 2000 - 19:27:43 CST