Cannot move/drag windows

I don't know what happened but it seems all my windows are locked up. I cannot move any window around by dragging. I can only minimize or maximise the window, nothing else. this is crazy and is driving me nuts. i'm running 10.9.3 on mid 2010 mbp.
hope someone has an idea how to fix this... thanks guys...

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