Mac OS X 10.5 Dock, Application Switcher problems

[thegetawayplan9]

So I logged into today to my computer and it wont let me mouse over the dock. I will leave it there for like 15-20 seconds and take it away and it will finally pop up. Also I can use the application switch (Apple+Tab), or the function keys like F11, F12 those. If I hit restart it just hangs forever on the background.

I created a new user and none of these problems appear. I really kind of need to use my older user name though. I turned off all things that start up on my old username and still have no luck.

Anyone got any idea's on how to fix this?

 

[allan.nyholm]

Maybe, just maybe, delting the com.apple.Dock.plist in ~/Library/Preferences/ will help. I'm not sure if "com.apple.Dock.db" is supposed to be deleted also. These files recreate themselves on next login or sometimes right away. A "killall Dock" in the Terminal will relaunch the Dock too.
I'm not saying you should delete these files, i'm just a little bit sure that it's what's wrong. I've tried deleting these files a couple of times and they always reappear after the next login or restart.

 

[thegetawayplan9]

tried both of those. no luck.

 

[thegetawayplan9]

also I forgot to mention another small problem I noticed. I can't drag things to ichat and send images to people. I tried a few different ppl that it usually works with and had no luck.