Oracle Database Express Edition on Windows - Installing and Getting Started

Learn how to install Oracle Database Express Edition (XE) release 18.4 on Windows, the free edition of Oracle Database. We also show how to connect to the database using SQL*Plus, how to startup and shutdown the database, how to set up the database to automatically start when windows starts and how to enable the included HR sample schema for use when trying out Oracle code examples.
Useful links:
XE Home Page:
www.oracle.com/...
XE OTN Community Forums:
community.oracl...
Windows Server System Center
otn.oracle.com/...
SQL Developer:
www.oracle.com/...
Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio:
www.oracle.com...