Applications will not minimize into the Dock

I installed the latest security update last night and since then I've had problems with the dock. I won't let me minimise anything to it. It doesn't seem to respond either when I roll over it. When I minimise the windows tey sort of blink dissapear then reappear.
Also a program called sticky windows isn't working at all now. What should I do? Is there a way of fixing it, if not then should I just revert to an older security update if that's possible?

Hi Alec, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, test if the Dock works right while in Safe Mode, reboot when complete, test again.
If it worked in Safe Mode & not in regular mode, then you have a 3rd party app interfering, maybe Sticky Windows.
Might also try trashing this file & reboot...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist

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