I had replication setup between a 2008 R2 server and a 2003 server. The 2003 server crashed and was replaced and is no longer available. When I open DFS management on the 2008 R2 server, the groups (4 of them) still exist. If I right click a group it gives me the option of "Remove Replication Group from Display" but does not allow me to delete the group. The message I get is The replication group cannot be queried. The replication group cannot be found. I would like to delete the groups and then recreate the replication to a different server. How do I delete these old groups? I don't want to just remove them from the viewer. In searching for answers, I have found one or two threads that address the issue, but none of them give an accurate explanation of how to do this. For example, one post said to delete a node in adsiedit, but that node does not exist. If needed, I can uninstall replication from the server and reinstall it, but will that actually delete the groups?
Thanks.
Dale