Oracle 10g Un/installation Process & Problems

Example : How to uninstall/remove Oracle 10g from Windows 7/8/10/11 OS properly.

- start menu - search & click 'Oracle-OraDb10g_home1' folder - Select & Click 'Universal Installer' - click on 'Deinstall Products' option - click & check 'OraDb10g_home1' check box - click on 'Remove' button.

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Open installed drive of Oracle 10g (say J drive) as = J:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\oui\bin - click 'setup.exe' or 'deinstall.bat' - When installer opens - See and click 'Installed Products → Remove' - Select 'Oracle 10g products' → Remove - Uninstallation starts.

NB : After uninstallation, You can also delete Oracle folder manually, if any, present in installed drive location (J:\oracle), and from other places (C:\Program Files\Oracle OR C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Oracle OR C:\ProgramData\Oracle OR ) .

Example : How to create an Oracle 10g shortcut for the desktop in Windows 7/8/10/11 OS properly.

1. Open File Explorer

2. Go to the Oracle installation folder, usually

   C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\BIN

   or

   J:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db_1\BIN

3. Find: sqlplus.exe  (or sqlplus icon – copy this icon and paste it on the desktop)

4. Right-click on sqlplus.exe and select  

   Send to → Desktop (Create shortcut)

Now a SQL Plus shortcut appears on the desktop.

Example : How to remove the opening error “ORA-12560: TNS Protocol Adapter Error” in Oracle 10g when we insert even the correct user name and password in Windows 10/11 OS properly.

- Press Windows + R - services.msc.
- Start these services:
  - - OracleServiceORCL
  - - OracleOraDb10g_homeTNSListener or OracleOraDb10g_homeliSQL*plus

Restart the above two services by Right-click → Start in appeared service list. Now fill the correct user name and password again, it will open the Oracle.