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Re: Oracle client uninstall

From: Turkbear <john.g_at_dot.spamfree.com>
Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 13:59:40 -0500
Message-ID: <vsmn90l5ngsnre89ca2bc1pc2oli6ufg1b@4ax.com>


bjohn_at_firstconsulting.net (bjohn) wrote:

>We would like to uninstall oracle client 8.0.5.0 and install oracle
>9.2.. client on about 3000 machines.
>
>Since I couldn't find any good info about doing a silent(automated)
>uninstall of 8..
>
>we decided to do the following:
>
>delete c:\orant directory.
>delete HKLM-Software-Oracle
>delete HKLM-System-currentcontrolset-services-oracleclientcache80
>delete HKLM-System-currentcontrolset001-services-oracleclientcache80
>
>Would doing this cause any problems in the future?
>
>
>We will be installing oracle 9.2 - silent install using a response
>file.
>
>Thanks

( Ideally you would have use the Oracle Installer's uninstall..But I do not know if it can use a response file).

Search the registry for any 'Oracle' entries and for 'c:\orant'

Oracle puts lots of stuff in the Registry and puts it in many places... hth

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