sql server replication: In the virtual directory set-up for the Snapshot folder location, I am
typing in \\C16221(my computer name)\20041016174338(snapshot folder
name)

not only this i even tried so many other combinations of location
format found on the google groups, but none of them works..it gives
an error called
"No mapping between account names and security id done" sometimes it
says "Invalid Security id structure" and sometimes "Invalid path
name".

I hope someone definitely can help me out of this trouble.

Cheers

Try sharing the parent directory: \\C16221\Repldata. This
should work for all snapshots created and then give read
access to the login which the distribution/merge agent
runs under.
HTH,
Paul Ibison (SQL Server MVP)

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