Clean Up a Failed Install of Oracle Apps 11.5

How to Clean Up a Failed Install of Oracle Applications 11.5

The instructions will remove ALL Oracle Applications environments from the server(s) involved. Do use for removing one environment and leaving one in tact.

NOTE: This method should only be used on a system where no other Oracle software has been installed and this is a first time installation of Oracle Applications.

1. Using the Windows Explorer, navigate to the c:\Program Files directory and remove the following: \Oracle directoryconfig.txt file rapidinstall directory

2. If any Oracle Services are running stop them via the control panel otherwise you may not be able to delete the Oracle files.

3. Using the Windows NT Explorer, navigate to the drive or drives where you specified the ORACLE_HOME and APPL_TOP to be installed and remove those files.

4. Using the registry editor (regedit), navigate to the following directory structure: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE select the Oracle folder and delete it.

5. Using the registry editor, remove all the services that were installed.WARNING! Be very careful. If you delete the wrong service you can make your NT stop functioning!
5a. Navigate to the following directory: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->SYSTEM->ControlSet001->Services
5b. Remove all entries beginning with Oracle.
5c. Navigate to the following directory: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->SYSTEM->ControlSet002->Services
5d. Remove all entries beginning with Oracle. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->SYSTEM->CurrentControlset->Services
5f. Remove all entries beginning with Oracle.

6. Remove any Oracle related "User" environment variables
6a. Open Control Panel/System
6b. Click on Environment Tab.
6c. Remove any variables from the User section, such as NLS*, ORACLE*, LOCAL, or APPL*
6d. In the System Variables section delete CLASSPATH if set.
6e. Also remove any Oracle specific directories from the PATH variable.
6f. Cleanup the wv_gateway environment variable

7. Perform instructions in step 6 for the System environment section

8. Right-click on the start button and select open all users. Select program and delete any oracle directories that exist. Also delete the two Apache directories.

9. Reboot the machine.