

Launch sqldeveloper by locating it in the Start Menu: Windows 10

Right-click on the Application and create shortcuts for ease of later access by clicking on ‘Pin to Start’, ‘Pin to taskbar’, or ‘Send to’ and then ‘Desktop (create shortcut)’, in Windows 11 some of these options are under ‘Show more options’: Windows 10 Within the ‘sqldeveloper’ folder, locate the sqldeveloper application with the database logo icon. In the address bar of the File Explorer window, type ‘C:\Program Files’ and select the folder without ‘(x86)’:Įnsure the top of the File Explorer window says ‘Program Files’ and click on the ‘Home’ tab, then click the ‘Paste’ button (or hit Ctrl+V on the keyboard): Windows 10Ĭlick ‘Continue’ to allow the files to be pasted into the ‘Program Files’ folder, Windows may prompt for your username/password at this point:ĭouble-click on the new ‘sqldeveloper’ folder: Once extraction is complete, a new File Explorer window will appear with the extracted SQL Developer files, right-click on ‘sqldeveloper’ and select Cut: Windows 10 Right-click on the downloaded ‘sqldeveloper-xx.x.x.’ file and select ‘Extract All…’:Įnsure the checkbox for ‘Show extracted files when complete’ is checked, click on Extract: Locate the downloaded ‘sqldeveloper-xx.x.x.’ file: On the left side of the File Explorer window, locate and click on Downloads.

Once the download completes, locate it by clicking on the Start button and type ‘File Explorer’. Unfortunately, the installation process for SQL Developer is completely manual, Oracle does not provide an automated installer, please follow these steps carefully. Once that is complete, the download will begin: Oracle requires a free Developer account in order to download this product, log in if you have an Oracle account or follow the process to create a free Developer account. Installation of an appropriate JDK isĬovered in the documentation for installing Java on Windows. Do not download the ‘Windows 64-bit with JDK 8 included’ version.
