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*Check where the ORACLE_HOME for this instance is:
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Start:Run... services.msc
 
Double click on OracleService<SID>, the first part of "Path to executable" is the home
 
or
 
regedit and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE
 
List of homes and their instances can be seen here.
 
*Find location of files to delete:
 
Connect as sys and:
 
select name from v$datafile;
 
select member from v$logfile;
 
show parameter control
 
show parameter dump
 
show parameter archive_dest
 
*Stop the services related to the instance:
 
set ORACLE_HOME=<oracle home>
 
oradim -delete -sid <SID>
 
*Clean up database files:
 
delete %ORACLE_HOME%\database\PWD<SID>.ora and any pfile, spfile and .dat files
 
Delete the files and directories shown by above queries
 
*Check in Registry to make sure entries have gone from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\KEY_<home>
 

Latest revision as of 08:21, 17 May 2017