Option+click doesn't seem to work...

Hi, I have a Macbook running Tiger. I've been recently hipped to the fact that I can get certain option for lots of apps by pressing option+click when I open a program. While this seemed to work fine for quite awhile it doesn't seem to be working at all now. I understand that I need to completely close the program for it to work, but whether I close it with control+Q or by using the drag down menu, option+click doesn't bring up the desired options. Any help?

 

No, option/alt + click. For instance, when opening iTunes, if you hold option when you click the icon it will give you pop up menu to open or create a new library. It worked fine for awhile, now what it seems to do is hide the application I've been working on and open iTunes without the open library prompt.

 

I tried it again just now, it's working (although it still hides Firefox). I haven't changed any settings. I'm baffled...

I rebooted the computer thinking that would help, that maybe it would only give me that menu after a fresh boot. Nope.

Here's what I'm trying to do, maybe there's another way- I'm trying to create another iTunes folder so I can have one on my internal drive and another on my external drive. So I need to both create the folder and also make sure iTunes will access it when I need it. Is there another way to do this then option+clicking iTunes? If not I'm going to have to come up with another solution fast as I need to download a lot of material soon...


OK, I found this which explains what I'm trying to do:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iTunesMac/8.0/en/15499.html


The difference is when I does this iTunes loads as usual, while hiding whatever application I'd been previously using.

 

I figured this out, so I'll post incase anyone else is interested:

The trick is you have to press option after you click the mouse, but before the program loads. What I was doing is holding option down, then clicking, which is why it would only work intermittently.