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We have a C# winforms application running in .Net 2.0. In this application we want to enable some options by checking whether any Oracle client is installed in the local machine.

After googling i found some suggestions like try to start the process "tnsping.exe". While starting the application if it throws some exception means Oracle client is not installed in that machine. I got this information from this SO post. But I think in this case it will start the client application.

So i want a way to check Oracle client is installed in the local machine without starting the client application. I am not aware of this oracle installation and all. Can someone help me on this.

Thanks

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  • Is your application going to use the Oracle database ? you need to only check if the oracle client is installed and you will not use oracle database through your app ? – Kurubaran Oct 04 '13 at 06:28
  • @AccessDenied : I am not using Oracle database in my application. I just want to check oracle client is installed in that machine. – Mahesh KP Oct 04 '13 at 06:32

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