Follow these steps:
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Open the Windows Services utility: From the Start menu, select All Programs, then Administrative Tools, and then Services.
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If any of the following Oracle services exist and have the status Started, then select each of the services, and click Stop:
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OracleXE
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OracleXETNSListener
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OracleJobSchedulerXE
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OracleXEClrAgent
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OracleMTSRecoveryService
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Exit Services.
See also the Microsoft online help for more information on stopping services.
7.2.2 Step 2: Remove the Oracle Database XE Registry Editor Settings
Follow these steps:
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Log on to Windows with Windows administrative privileges.
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Ensure that you followed the instructions under "Step 1: Stop the Oracle Database XE Services" to stop the Oracle Database XE services.
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Start the Registry Editor at a command prompt:
SYSTEM_DRIVE:\> regedit
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Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.
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Delete the following keys:
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NEED TO CONFIRM THE XE-SPECIFIC ONES.
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Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software.
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Under Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start Menu\Programs, delete the Oracle Database 10g Express Edition key.
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Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE and search for the ORACLE group key.
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Expand the ORACLE group key and then delete the KEY_XE and OracleMTSRecoveryService keys.
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Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBCINST.INI.
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Expand the ODBCINST.INI key and remove the Oracle in XE key.
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Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services.
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Delete the following keys:
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OracleServiceXE
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OracleXEClrAgent
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OracleXETNSListener
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Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\Application.
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Delete the Oracle.xe key.
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Exit the Registry Editor.
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Restart your computer.
7.2.3 Step 3: Update the System Variable Path
Follow these steps:
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Open System from the Control Panel.
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In the System Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab, then click the Environment Variables button.
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Select the system variable Path and edit the Path variable to remove the Oracle Database XE entry. For example:
C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\bin;
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Save your changes and then exit the Control Panel.
7.2.4 Step 4: Remove Oracle Database XE from the Start Menu and Desktop
Follow these steps:
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Select Start, then All Programs, and then Oracle Database 10g Express Edtion.
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Right-click Oracle Database 10g Express Edtion and from the menu, select Delete.
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On the desktop, right-click the Get Started with Oracle Database 10g Express Edition icon and from the menu, select Cut.
7.2.5 Step 5: Remove the Oracle Database XE Directories
Follow these steps:
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Ensure that you have followed the instructions under "Step 1: Stop the Oracle Database XE Services" to stop all Oracle Database XE services.
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From the Windows Explorer, navigate to the directory where you installed Oracle Database XE, for example, c:\oraclexe.
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Right-click the Oracle Database XE installation directory and from the menu, select Delete.
7.2.6 Step 6: Install and Run the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
Run the Windows Installer CleanUp utility to remove the Windows
Installation configuration information for the Oracle Database XE
installation. You can download it from Microsoft at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301
he deinstallation completes, click
Finish.
I get the same error while trying to connect to Oracle 10g:
sql navigator error 1.0 (load interface dll's failed)
[Load interface dll's failed.0
Unhandled Exception at startup - Invalid filename
Report the problem to Quest Support. Application will be terminated (some memory loss is possible) when you press OK.
i have SQL Navigator v 4.1 and can't connect to oracle 10g
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