Uninstall SQL Developer Completely for Clean Reinstall
603591Jul 23 2010 — edited Sep 3 2012My SQL Developer 2.1 software has failed on three Windows-XP based computers. It is working on other computers that also have SQL Developer 2.1 installed (including a departmental server), so I am fairly sure the problem is some setting or parameter on the three computers (two laptops and a desktop), and is not a SQL Developer bug issue.
The failure mode is that, for only these three computers, for three specific connections (it works for all others), the three connections test successfully, can expand views, procedures, links, etc, but cannot expand the tables object. Using the same user ID and password, everything works perfectly on the departmental server. On the three problem computers, if I do not attempt to expand the tables, I can run SQL in the SQL Worksheet. If I attempt to expand the tables, the connection stops working, and the SQL Worksheet generates errors like "OALL8 is in an inconsistent state" and "Protocol Violation".
I removed the SQL Developer software, and searched for and removed every registry entry that included "sql dev", "sqldev", and the name of the database (excepting, of course, DSN's to that database).
On reinstalling SQL Developer, it still found all my old connections, so I know I am not getting a clean install.
Where does SQL Developer find the connection information from my previous installation?
How do I completely remove SQL Developer so that it looks like SQL Devoper has never been installed before?
TIA,
Far Farley