7.3.3.3 Running the Deinstallation Tool with a Response File

When running the deinstallation tool, you can use a response file instead of responding to each prompt individually.

The deinstallation tool uses the information you provide, plus information gathered from the software home to create a response file. You can alternatively supply a response file generated previously by the deinstall.bat command using the –checkonly option and -o option. You can also edit a response file template located at Oracle_Home\deinstall\response\deinstall.rsp.tmpl to create a response file.

To run the setup.exe command located in the path /directory_path, where directory_path is the path to the database directory on the installation media, and use a response file in the software owner location C:\user\oracle, enter the following commands while logged in as a member of the Administrators group:
```
C:\> cd directory_path\
C:\..database> setup.exe -deinstall -paramfile C:\user\oracle\my_db_parmfile.tmpl
```