RE: OffTopic:Sybase ASE : Regedit entry removal

  • From: Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Oracle-L Freelists <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 18:16:05 -0800

If you fiddled with the registry in the past, you
probably know it is not always possible to delete
keys from the registry when they are associated
with a service.

Hence the suggestion to use delsrv.exe.

Or roll your own via Perl and the Win32::Daemon module.

Jared

On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 17:38, GovindanK wrote:
> Branimir/Jeff/Jared
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion. The suggestion given by Branimir was closest.
> However while deleting it gave error. Some googling lead me to the 
> "regedt32.exe" which when invoked from cmd prompt allows you to change
> the permission of the desired Service (Two user entities
> SYSTEM/Everyone).
> For Everyone change permission to "Full Control" and then delete using
> RegEdit.  However, there were some other hitches with Installation hence
> I downloaded fresh and installed.
> 
> Now upon typing "isqlc -S <server_name> -U sa" and typing the default
> passwd
> which is Enter i am getting the following error.
> 
> CT-LIBRARY error:
> 'CT-LIBRARY' is not a recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
> 
> Google was not of great use (or did i miss something in google).
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> TIA
> 
> GovindanK
> 
> On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 13:07:41 -0500 , "Branimir Petrovic"
> <BranimirP@xxxxxxxx> said:
> > You need to open registry editor (run regedit.exe) then navigate to:
> >     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Services
> > find the key (branch) repesenting your orphan service - usually named
> > same or similar enough to display name for this service as seen in 
> > MMC services, right click and delete (export it just in case before
> > removal by choosing Registry menu, Export Registry File...) then 
> > reboot PC and verify that service does not exist. You'll be still
> > left with some (very few?) orphan files on your HDD that belonged to 
> > deleted service.
> > 
> > Be extra very careful with what you delete.
> > 
> > Branimir
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: GovindanK [mailto:gkatteri@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 11:22 AM
> > > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: OffTopic:Sybase ASE : Regedit entry removal
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi List
> > > 
> > > I need some help in this. I deinstalled Sybase ASE 12.5 in my 
> > > PC, deleted
> > > dirctory;
> > > However i still find entries in Control Panel 
> > > -->AdmTools-->Services. A
> > > quick search
> > > in Registry showed the services existing. I am not able to delete them
> > > from the
> > > Registry too. It says it is in use. Rebooting does not seem 
> > > to improve.
> > > 
> > > How do i get over this.
> > > 
> > > Thanks in Advance.
> > > 
> > > GovindanK
> > > Certified Oracle DBA.
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