Database Replication - Snapshot agent fails

  • SQL 2005 SP2

    -Database Replication failed last week after working great for 6 months.

    -Recreated Database Replication(couple of different ways) Same errors

    -Snapshot agent fails - "Executed as user: XXXXX\sql_admin. The system cannot find the path specified. [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error 14151). The step failed.

    -Log Reader Agent fails- The last step to run was step 3 (Detect nonlogged agent shutdown.).

    -Checked permissions for \Repldata folder - Sysadmin or domain admin(both Administrators) - same issue,

    -Tired creating a share\Repldata folder - same issue.

    -Checked folder permissions for Snapshot.exe-same issue

    -Tried to manually start Snapshot.exe Fails(see below)

    D:\Programs\Microsoft SQL Server\90\COM>snapshot.exe

    System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'Microsoft.SqlServe

    r.Replication.StringResources' threw an exception. ---> System.ApplicationExcept

    ion: The native replication resource dll failed to load.

    at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.NativeResourceStringLoader..ctor()

    at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.StringResources..cctor()

    --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

    at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.ReplMessage..ctor(Exception e)

    at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.HistoryMessage..ctor(Exception e)

    at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.SnapshotGenerationAgent.SnapshotGeneration

    AgentMessageFactory.CreateAgentMessage(Exception e)

    at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.AgentCore.LogMessage(Exception e)

    at Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.AgentCore.ThreadFailedHandler(Exception e)

    The type initializer for 'Microsoft.SqlServer.Replication.StringResources' threw

    an exception.

    -Tried to Snapshot.exe -RegServer - same error as above

    -Checking out all forums for any type of resolution - priceless! But still fails

    Any help will be greatly appretiated!

  • Is this from a named instance or a default instance?

    -Roy

  • Double post, please reply here.

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