Command-Tab Glitch

As I 'Command-Tab' through the running applications, the Menu bar display occasionally remains for the applications.
However, clicking on the Menu bar drops down menus are appropriate for running application, nt the menu bar displayed.
This symtom appears regularly with Graphic Converter 8.5 and occasionally, apparently at random, with other applications. Restarting is the only way I've found for returning things to normal.
Running a Mid 2007 24" iMac 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 6GB ram, OS X 10.8.3 (12C60)

cmc75074 wrote:
I highlight FINDER (or AM) and release command, nothing happens.
If you have no Finder window open/hidden you will see no active window come forward, it will however make Finder active: Do you see Finder in the active menu on the upper left.
.. regarding TWO command keys. Are they treated differently?
They are not treated differently. They are mechanical in the sense they work independent of each other, in other words is it a key problem?

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From the Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the Extensions tab. Turn that OFF, quit and relaunch Safari to test. If that helped, turn one extension on then quit and relaunch Safari to test until you find the incompatible extension then click uninstall.
If it's not an extensions issue, try troubleshooting third party plug-ins.
Back to Safari > Preferences. This time select the Security tab. Deselect: Allow plug-ins. Quit and relaunch Safari to test.
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Click the Apple () menu top left in your screen. From the drop down menu click About This Mac.
The version is noted there.
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