Desktop 1 Mission Control Application Windows

I recently upgraded to OSX Mountain Lion. The upgrade went perfect on my MacBook Pro. Here are my system specs:
15-inch, 2.53GHz, Mid 2009
Processor 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB
I noticed a strange behavior with Desktop 1 when I go to Mission Control. No matter if I open Mission Control *from* Desktop 1, or I move to Desktop 1 from another Desktop in Mission Control, the Application Windows that are open on Desktop 1 do not display.
Notice that the App Icons are displayed, but no Windows.
NO OTHER DESKTOP displays this behavior. Any ideas? Is there a cache I can delete to reset the Desktop/Mission Control?
Thanks!

Note that this issue occured right after an OSX update, but was fixed after a reboot.

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4u2nv247 wrote:
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Desktop 1 Mission Control Application Windows

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