Can't minimize my windows

When you say you can't minimize your windows are your window controls red, yellow, green, and have you tried clicking once on the yellow window control in the upper left?

Some applications do not have a Minimize window control in all their windows. Can you be more specific about which application, and which Window it is you are looking at?

Have you installed any http://www.haxies.com/ or similar type software which may need updating?

You didn't answer my other question about Haxies. What if anything might you have installed in that department?

Anything which modifies the system from how Apple originally programmed it to run. If you visit the link I gave you'd see the type of software that is. They are things which modify the menubar, the system appearance, the windows, and the dock from its default appearance.

I didn't mean that you should try a haxie. What I meant is to tell me if you had installed any. If you had, not updating it to followup with your system update would have probably caused the issue. If you haven't installed any haxies, don't unless you want to be chasing your tail with something like that.

In addition, if no haxie was installed, it may be indicative that those Illustrator windows are not meant to be minimizable. I would check with an Illustrator forum or support to find out if they are meant to be minimizable, and if they are meant, it may mean you have to update your version of Illustrator to one that is more compatible with your version of Mac OS X. As long as your Finder windows are minimizable that tell you your file contents, I don't think you are having a serious issue with the system as a whole. Just some programs may need to be updated which aren't having proper minimizing.

Ah, Classic applications follow a different set of minimizing rules than Mac OS X applications. Apple in Mac OS 9 used the far right control for "windowshading" windows in Mac OS 9, whereas in Mac OS X used the yellow control to minimize to the dock. "Windowshading" makes windows a single horizontal bar with the title.

You won't be able to minimize either Mac OS 9 or Mac OS X windows the same way as the other operating system with the default installed operating system. One of the haxies certainly emulates having Mac OS 9 "windowshading" on Mac OS X, but minimizing Mac OS 9 windows the same way as X is not possible as far as I know. My recommendation is to upgrade to all Mac OS X native applications as soon as possible, as my FAQ here explains:

http://www.macmaps.com/macosxnative.html

Partly as you can see this is because then all applications will behave more the same way as each other and you won't be surprised by the lack of minimizing to the dock that Classic applications have.

Disclaimer: Reference to links I make to my Macmaps.com website are a for your information only type reference. I do not get any profit from this page, and it is open to the public.

Can you be more specific what isn't minimizing:

1. Application name
2. Version number
3. Application window name.

Are any of these Apple applications?