Compact 3.5 SP1 "LoadProperties()" Thows Exception

Hi all,
I have SQL Server 2008 (Nov. CTP) as a publisher and a SQL Server Compact
3.5 SP1 as a client for merge replication.
The Compact database has two subscriptions. The synchronization worked
perfectly many times. If I look at the Compact database in Management Studio
I can see my subscriptions in the Replication folder.
Everything looked so promising.....until I added a call to
"SqlCeReplication.LoadProperties()". At this point I see an error that simply
says, "Unhandled Exception: The subscription could not be loaded because it
was not saved.".
In doing some research it turns out this is error:
SSCE_M_SUBSCRIPTIOWASNOTSAVED
described here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms172898.aspx
The web page indicates:
"If the error appears again, you should immediately contact Microsoft
Product Support Services. The internal errors cannot be resolved by common
troubleshooting techniques."
Which is why I am posting here. Hopefully someone from Microsoft can
respond. The relevant code is listed here:
SqlCeReplication repl = new SqlCeReplication();
repl.Publisher = @."AOS-LAPASO-4\AOS_1";
repl.PublisherDatabase = @."RepTest";
repl.SubscriberConnectionString = @."Data Source=""C:\test.sdf"";Max Database
Size=128;Default Lock Escalation =100;";
repl.Publication = @."TestPub";
Console.WriteLine("LoadProperties: " + repl.LoadProperties());
Thanks very much.
Tom Baxter
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