Can't Sync Applications After HD Reformat/Reinstall

A couple of days ago, I experienced some hard drive corruption and had to reformat my hard drive and reinstall the OS, via archive and install. I accidentally started up with a new user folder, but I fixed that by copying my old one over from the backup disk.
Now iTunes is acting up, including not syncing a video I had synced to my iPhone before, and not syncing any of my applications. All my music, calendars and other information sync just fine. When I try to sync the apps, I get the message:
"The application "XXX" was not installed on the phone "XXX" because an unknown error occurred (-4)."
I tried erasing the phone completely (three times now), then downloading the apps to the phone but not to the computer. That led to no error message, but no syncing at all. When I download the apps to the computer, whether or not they're on the phone, I get the message. There seems to be something stuck somewhere that iTunes knows the apps were once synced to that phone, but I even set up a new phone name, so where's the connection? I'm stumped. Any ideas?

OK, I figured it out. I just reinstalled iTunes, and the applications transferred.

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