Purchased applications lost in sync process

Hi
i have reinstalled my windows so the old sync is gone and after that i installed itunes + i tried to sync the applications but it said around 28 programs didnt synced and it asked me to authorize my iphone in store, i did it but still my programs that i purchased are gone
is there any way to get back the programs that i bought online?
i still have the mail and i bought them less than 2 months ago.
please help me if you can.
Thanks and regards,
Hajir

Please take the following as a very cautious, but optimistic solution:
I also have a new 16GB IPod Touch and had the exact same problems - contacts not syncing correctly, but mail is working fine.
This is a caveat, as my settings may be different than yours. That said, I found one little box in ITunes that SEEMS to have fixed the problem (it correctly synced up a new dummy contact I just added to MBP's Address Book). Here goes:
ITunes Preferences>Devices>CHECK the box that says "Disable automatic syncing for IPhones and IPods"
After that all the contacts synced correctly.

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