Syncing games/apps

Ever since I updated my daughter's itouch, the apps won't sync. The songs and movie will sync, but not the apps. Can someone help me!!!

Hello patricia33,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
Have you checked to make sure your iPod is still set up to sync Apps from under the Apps tab in iTunes? For more help and information, see this Apple support document.
[Syncing and arranging apps from the App Store|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1977?viewlocale=en_US]
If that is not the case, you might want to check the Restrictions on the iPod to see if you have disabled the installing of Apps to the iPod. You can check by heading the *Settings -> General -> Restrictions*.
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I was playing a game, but i want to delete it and reinstall to start all over again from the start.
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