Start the Oracle listener (Windows systems)

You can start the listener service either from the Services dialog box in the Windows Control Panel or manually from a command prompt. Note This example shows the startup of a listener service called LISTENER. More than one listener service can be run on a system and each listener should be defined in a configuration file called listener.ora. Control panel startup Log on to the operating as a user with administrator privilege. In the Windows Services dialog box, select the service named Oraclehome-nameTNSListener. Click Start. Verify that the OracleTNSListener service is running by checking the Windows Services dialog box for the following entry: Oraclehome-nameTNSListener Started startup-mode startup-mode is either Automatic or Manual. Click Close. Manual startup Log on to the operating system as a user with administrator privilege. Manually set the Oracle environment: Copy set ORACLE_HOME=Oracle-home-path set PATH=%PATH%;%ORACLE_HOME%\bin Start the listener service: Copy %ORACLE_HOME%\bin\lsnrctl start LISTENER Verify that the OracleTNSListener service is running by checking the Windows Services dialog box for the following entry: Oraclehome-nameTNSListener Started startup-mode startup-mode is either Automatic or Manual.