Unable to specify a remote distributor for a Desktop/MSDE publisher. Why?

Replication - MS SQL Server 7.0 Enterprise Manager

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Unable to specify a remote distributor for a Desktop/MSDE publisher. Why?

For Desktop edition or Microsoft Data Engine, we can not specify a remote distributor. This is a restriction imposed on these editions of SQL Server.

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