Anyone have any luck installing Oracle10g Client 64-bit 10.2.0.3 on Windows 7 x64 RTM?

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Wambie picture Wambie · Aug 10, 2009 · Viewed 17.7k times · Source

I am happy with Windows 7 RTM x64 overall as everything in my development environment works well with it except for Oracle Client 10.2.0.3 64 Bit version. I downloaded the latest release and as soon as I begin installing it, it stops with an error saying that it will install on Windows version 6.0 (Vista) but does not support Windows version 6.1 (Windows 7). There does not seem to be an option to ignore and continue. Anybody know a workaround for this? Cheers!

Edit: Changing compatibility to Vista or any of the other options does not seem to work either. I am also running as administrator and have administrator rights.

Fix: See my comment below for a solution!

Answer

Wambie picture Wambie · Aug 10, 2009

I have found a solution for anyone else having the same issue. Just run the installer from the command line as shown:

setup.exe -ignoreSysPrereqs

and you will be fine, you dont have to set compatibility mode (doing this will probably cause it to fail).

I got this off the Oracle forums, thankfully from someone who tried to do it on Windows 7RC.

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