An error occurred applying the changes to the Distributor?

Question

I'm trying to create a new Oracle publisher but I always get the following error. I already dropped the old publisher using exec
sp_dropdistpublisher @publisher='old'. (However, the dropping get errors now (http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=sqlreplication)).
TITLE: Distributor Properties
An error occurred applying the changes to the Distributor.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
SQL Server could not enable 'newpub' as a Publisher. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)
The Oracle server [newpub] is already defined as the Publisher [old] on the Distributor [MyServer].[distribution]. Drop the Publisher or drop the public synonym [MSSQLSERVERDISTRIBUTOR]. Changed database context to 'master'. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 21646)
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Answer 1

Hi,
As the error message, I would suggest you manually clean up Oracle replication objects created by replication:
1.Connect to the Oracle publisher with DBA permissions.
2.Issue the SQL command DROP PUBLIC SYNONYM MSSQLSERVERDISTRIBUTOR;.
3.Issue the SQL command DROP USER <replication_administrative_user_schema> CASCADE;.
More information, see “The Oracle Publisher Is Associated with Another Distributor” section in the
Troubleshooting Oracle Publishers
Thanks.
Tracy Cai
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