Deinstalling Components with Oracle Universal Installer
This section describes how to use Oracle Universal Installer to deinstall Oracle
components (which deinstalls them from the installer inventory) instead of
removing them manually.
Do not delete an Oracle home manually (for example, by deleting the directory
structure with Windows Explorer or MS-DOS command prompt) because the
components in that Oracle home remain registered in the Oracle Universal Installer
inventory. If you then attempt an installation in the same Oracle home, some or all
of the components selected may not be installed because the installer determines
they are already installed.
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