title: Confused about ODAC (xcopy version) installation path
body: <p>As I am getting this notorious error 'The provider is not compatible with the version of Oracle client' with my asp.net application, I am trying to install the same ODAC version which my team is using: ODAC 11.2.0.4.0.</p>
  
  <p>So, I downloaded it and extracted to the following location:</p>
  
  <p>C:\Users\user0792\Downloads\ODAC112040Xcopy_64bit</p>
  
  <p>The readme file is the same as the one here: <a href="https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/windows/odac-11-155128.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/windows/odac-11-155128.html</a></p>
  
  <p>In which, it says:</p>
  
  <p><code>install.bat all c:\oracle odac</code></p>
  
  <p><code>Each product can be also be installed and configured individually. As an example, executing the following will install only ODP.NET 2:</code></p>
  
  <p><code>install.bat odp.net2 c:\oracle odac</code></p>
  
  <p><code>where "c:\oracle", for example, is your installation directory and "odac" is the Oracle Home Name that is used for the registry keys. In this example, the registry entries for this install is created under HKLM\Software\Oracle\KEY_odac. Note that ODP.NET registry entries are simply  created under HKLM\Software\Oracle\ODP.NET\, and not under HKLM\Software\Oracle\KEY_. If multiple products are installed to the same destination directory, make sure that the Oracle Home Name that is specified as an argument to install.bat is the same for all those products.</code></p>
  
  <p>Is it suggesting that regardless of where my oracle client is installed, I can install ODAC to c:\oracle?  If it matters, my oracle client is installed at <code>C:\oracle\Client64\product\11.2.0\client_1</code></p>
  
  <p>Should I just simply follow the instruction and issue <code>install.bat all c:\oracle odac</code> to install all?</p>
  
  <p>Thank you.</p>
  
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