HT201272 How to restore IPOD apps after updating to OS 4.2?

Hi,
Everything on my 2nd gen Ipod touch was working fine, Then while at Itunes, I was prompted to update to OS 4.2 and like a damned fool I did. After that most of my apps did not ge loaded despite trying several times. I then restored the OS to version 4.1.xx (something), and now I cannot restore any of the apps! How can I get the OS to restore from my pre-4.2 os backup??
thanks

Hello ptnx,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
Purchased Apps can be redownloaded for free. For more help and information see this Apple support document.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
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Hi all. Just in case you end up searching this thread, the answer was so stupid and should have been obvious... man, Apple is really screwing things up that should be easy. Anyway, here is the dumb answer, and yep, maybe it is me who is dumb, but we all miss the obvious, (who hasn't last keys lately???) it should have been a super easy fix.
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