error - c:/windows/system/olepro32.dll

[nk]

Hi guys

I had 8.0.5 installed on windows 98 machine.
I wanted to install 8.1.6, so i deinstalled all oracle(products) applications and then went about installing 8.1.6.

Mid way throught the installation I got the following error.
"error in writting to c:/windows/system/olepro32.dll"

Any ideas !!
if so, shall appreciate if you can share your ideas or experience with this error.

thank you,
nk

[padmam]

Hi, 20th May 2001 17:39 hrs chennai

Unfortunately, there is a problem installing Oracle 8i on Windows 95 or 98 machines. This error message may have something to do with the required Winsocket 2 update, but nothing is for certain.

This error message is very intermittent, and shows up randomly. The best way to get around this error requires you to do several things:

(1) Quit the installation
(2) Re-run the Oracle 8i installer and remove any installed Oracle products
(3) Remove Oracle and Temp directories that you see ;
(4) Remove all Oracle registry keys
(5)Reboot and reinstall the client. If this fails, you may need a clean installation of the OS.

Cheers

Padmam

[nk]

Thank you Padmam,

After I presented my question in the forum.. I was trying out different alternatives. The solution was in line with your suggestion. This was what I did.

1) deinstalled all oracle products
2) remove all oracle dir.s
* did not do anything with the "oracle registry key"
3) reran the installer

I still got the same error msg, but I continued with the installation. The installation was successful !!

I am looking around the database that the oem create for me (as part of the installation). Everything seems to be OK.

Thank you again,
nk

Question: where will I find the oracle registry keys on windows 98 os?

[uday]

Do you have a VB Development tool on your machine. I have seen this happen with winframe and VB combination on some machines

uday

[nk]

that's right !
I do have VB6 Development tools on my machine.
Any ideas ..why? they behave, the way they behave.

... I find that in general larry's & bill's
product don't get along well !!!

nk

[padmam]

Hi, 21st May 2001 10:54 hrs chennai

Type from Start==>Run==> type as REGEDIT(known as Registry editior)==>you will find a window explorer opens==>under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE folder ==>click open the folder SOFTWARE folder==>There you find the ORACLE folder delete it if you want a fresh installation.

Cheers

Padmam



[Edited by padmam on 05-21-2001 at 01:26 AM]