Dock Launching Apps in Background Now After 10.4.6

This is odd, after upgrading to 10.4.6, when clicking on an application icon in the Dock, all programs are launched in the background now. It never did this before upgrading to 10.4.6.
Is this something that can be changed?
I checked the Dock and Finder settings and didn't see anything.
Any help is appreciated, thanks.
PowerMac G5   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   PPC, Dual 2.0 Ghz, 2.5 GB RAM

Welcome to posting in the Forum!
When you say launching in the background I assume you mean 'hidden'? That is odd. Try trashing com.apple.finder.plist and see if that helps.

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