In Windows, how does one completely uninstall the Oracle database?
A: The procedure is as follows:
1. log on to the NT administrator;
2. Stop all Oracle services through the control panel> service;
3. Open the Registry (Regedit command) and delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/software/Oracle;
4. Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/system/CurrentControlSet/services in the Registry to delete all services starting with Oracle;
5. Delete all services starting with Oracle in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/system/CurrentControlSet/services/EventLog/application;
6. Disable Regedit;
7. Open the Control Panel> system> environment variable;
8. If JRE is installed in Oracle, delete the % ORACLE_HOME %/bin and JRE paths. For example,/Oracle/ora81/bin; G:/program files/Oracle/JRE/1.1.7/bin;
9. delete/winnt/profiles/all users/Start Menu/programs/Oracle and/winnt/profiles/all users/Start Menu/programs/oracle;
10. delete/program files/Oracle;
11. Restart the machine;
12. Delete All Oracle directories (in the Registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/software/Oracle/oracle_homes)
In Windows 95/Windows 98:
1. Open the Registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/software/oracle.
2. Delete the Oracle
3. Delete % ORACLE_HOME %/bin and JRE in autoexec. bat.
4. Delete All Oracle Directories
5./program files/Oracle
6./Windows/Start Menu/programs/Oracle-/Windows/startmenu/programs/Oracle
7. Restart