title: Copy snapshot files from Publisher, Paste and Apply on subscriber in SQL Merge Replication
body: <p>I read an excellent article about copying the snapshot files for Transactional replication from Publisher to Subscriber and Apply them on subscriber.</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/repltalk/archive/2010/03/07/tips-to-improve-performance-when-applying-snapshot-in-transactional-replication.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/repltalk/archive/2010/03/07/tips-to-improve-performance-when-applying-snapshot-in-transactional-replication.aspx</a></p>
  
  <p>But the focus of this article is directed to Transactional Replication.</p>
  
  <p>I want to know how we can copy the snapshots from publisher, paste them on the subscriber and apply them on subscriber. I am using Merge Replication with push subscriber, Distributor and Publisher are on the same server.</p>