Unable to publish a Infopath Form

Hi All,
I have edited an infopath form by following this below link
http://www.bizsupportonline.net/blog/2010/03/open-infopath-form-template-moved-copied-different-location-computer/
I saved it in my desktop and open it in design mode than, after doing my small changes i am going to publish it it says "Getting Content types" message for long time...i canceled it and it asked for credentials , but it didnt get published.. Any
help

Hello,
Is there any promoted field in infopath form? Please verify from files--> form options-->click on property promotion from left hand. If you see any field then it seems problem with column.
Another thing is, if your form is deploy as content type earlier then you need to verify this first. Because template.xsn is indicate that you had published your form directly to library.
Also tell if you have backup of earlier template in network location or not.
Refer this link for more info:
http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/29787/cannot-publish-my-infopath-form-in-sharepoint-2007-any-more
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