Re: How to uninstall Oracle8 (Server)

DA Morgan wrote:
> DA Morgan wrote:
> > User wrote:
> >
> >> Hi All
> >>
> >> Could you please tell me (step by step) how to uninstall Oracle 8
> >> (Server)?
> >> I have it on two computers with Windows NT 4 and Windows XP Pro.
> >> I'd like to remove it from all places (directories, registry,
> >> services, path etc.)
> >> on both computers.
> >>
> >> Please help me. I can't do it despite I looked for an advice in the net.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> User
> >
> >
> > 1. Stop Oracle
> > 2. Run oradim to drop the Windows service
> >
>
> Accidentally sent before completed.
>
> 1. Stop Oracle and other Oracle related services
> 2. Run oradim
> 3. Remove Oracle directory and all subdirectories
> 4. Remove Oracle directory under "Program Files"
> 5. Remove Oracle from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SOFTWARE / ORACLE
>
> If you do not know how to do any of these steps I'd suggest finding
> someone that does. The last one, in particular, can trash the machine
> if done incorrectly.
> --
> Daniel A. Morgan
> http://www.psoug.org
> damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
> (replace x with u to respond)

Also, I have found that, before deleting the %ORACLE_HOME% directory, I must stop the Microsoft Transaction Coordinator service. It's holding a lock on one of the files in %ORACLE_HOME$\bin (I forget which file) and prevents it from being deleted. Received on Thu Sep 08 2005 - 11:19:46 CDT