Disappearing Application Windows?

Hi,
I am running mac os x 10.5.5 on a 3.06 24inch imac with 4gb ram.
recently I have a worsening issue with application windows disappearing. It seems to happen with all applications intermittently & i cant pin down why it is happening.
I do use spaces & have some applications set to run in certain spaces but this really doesnt seem to effect the problem.
For example i will be working away in space 2 with mail & that will be fine. If I go to space 4 where itunes should be, spaces moves to the space but there is nothing visible from itunes window wise. I get the menus accross the top as itunes but no wimdows for the app.
If i go back to space 2 with mail & click i tunes in the dock, it takes me to space 4 & I have the itunes menus again but no windows.
If I check all of my spaces individually, none of the itunes windows are in any of the other spaces.
The only work around that i have found for this is if i go to the dock, click the app icon & choose hide when something has already disappeared.
If I then click the app icon in the dock again & choose show, spaces kicks in, takes me to the correct space & the application appears with the windows.
Can anyone help me to solve this problem any better than that>? Surely mac os shouldnt be doing this?

I don't use Leopard (yet), but I've heard of a bug with Spaces that causes applications to start on virtual desktops that don't exist any more, which sounds similar to what you're seeing.
If you've disabled Spaces, re-enable it, and make sure all your applications are set to start up on the first virtual desktop. (Again, I don't use Leopard yet, so I don't know if you actually can enable/disable Spaces, but I do know you can tell apps which virtual desktop to open on.)

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