Windows Live Mesh offers sync for program settings; can I add support for my software?

Question

Is there a way I can add support for syncing my program's settings with Windows Live Mesh, so that it would appear in the list below?

That's where I would like to see my program offering to "Turn on syncing for your settings". Is there some sort of a plugin API for this?

Answer 1

Unfortunately not. Microsoft struggled with opening this thing up to developers, and I believe something similar actually was available for some time during the old Mesh beta days (before they renamed Sync to Mesh). I doubt they will ever allow it since Mesh is being replaced with SkyDrive (I'm pretty sure they actually announced it, but I can't find where, but this basically says the same: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/is-microsofts-live-mesh-on-its-way-to-the-graveyard/12540). Setting syncing like you want is available to Windows 8 Metro apps through Skydrive and Microsoft Account/Live ID roaming (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/09/26/signing-in-to-windows-8-with-a-windows-live-id.aspx and API: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/windows.storage.applicationdata.roamingfolder.aspx) But of course, in exchange for that you restrict your audience to Windows 8 users.