Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Thomas Alphin

Richard Jennings Duncan

Benjamin Salim Srour

Samer Fouad Sawaya

Henri-Charles Machalani

Clement Basile Fauchere

Sarah W McDevitt

Bahram Bahram Pour

Robert Macklin

David S Amenta

Marina Dukhon Taylor

Chris McGuire

Embodiments described herein relate to synchronizing configuration information between devices associated with a user. The synchronized configuration information can relate to application installations and uninstallations as well as to user modifications to user interfaces for managing and invoking the applications. For example, layouts of application representations provided by respective application launchers on a user's respective devices are kept automatically synchronized when the user modifies any of the layouts. Installations and uninstallations are similarly synchronized between the user's devices. Installations and uninstallations that might stem from synchronization may be circumscribed in various ways, such as by allowing the user to specify whether specific applications are to be installed/uninstalled only on specific devices or globally, by filtering propagation of synchronization updates according to hardware or software features and incompatibilities, or others.

Application install and layout syncing

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Thomas Alphin