Comments on: How to change the Oracle XE web interface port.

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:49:36 +0000

Glad it helped you Khaeg.

By: Khaeg

Khaeg — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:17:38 +0000

Thank you for this solution
It work.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:51:53 +0000

Good to hear you have it working.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:38:14 +0000

Thanks for the answer. I tried some more: File permissions looked fine.

I got it working only by deleting the existing link “Database_homepage”. Then creating a new one “Database_homepage2″ (when I used the same name, it had no effect – maybe some caching problem).
There was no option in the context menu to create the link directly in the folder, so I created it on the desktop, then moved it to …\server.

Finally I had to change the start menu item to point to the new link file.

Phewww…

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:20:06 +0000

Stephen – That is definitely the correct file to edit. I was able to edit and save it on my Windows 7 Enterprise machine. You are having some type of Windows permission issue. Check the security of the file and make sure you have the permissions you need. I can’t remember if I had to change permissions on that file or not.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 11:43:49 +0000

Any idea how I get the link in the start menu updated?
Oracle Database 10g Express Edition -> Database Home Page
still points to the old port of course.

When I open the properties of the internet link in
C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\10.2.0\server\Database_homepage
it appears that I can edit the URL, but when I click OK then Windows 7 (Pro, 64bit) tells me
“Changes cannot be applied to this internet link” (roughly translated from German).

I am logged in with admin rights.