Eed to click twice on dock icon to see buddy list?

Ichat app is Off, I click once on the iChat iCon (in the dock) the application becomes active, I can hear the chime (user available) in the background but no iChat window. I have to click twice on the icon to see the iChat window. When I start iChat from the application folder it works great.
Tried:
remove dock icon and reinstall
deleted ichat pref files
no luck so far.
Is there anything I can do to make it work correctly from the dock?
Thanks

Hi,
Using the Red Dismiss button does not Quit the application as it does in some other apps.
if the Buddy List is dismissed and then iChat is Quit then this is remembered between iChat Start ups (Using the iCon to reveal or windows is only a temporary over-ride.)
Use the iChat Menu Bar > Windows to reveal the Buddy List
Use the Red Button to dismiss again
Repeat getting it back with the menu item or keyboard strokes it lists.
When you shut down iChat now it should remember that the buddy list was open when it was Quit.
If this does not work delete com.apple.ichat.plist from you Users/(your account)/Library/Prefernce folder and restart iChat.
This method is a bit more drastic as it also deletes Bubble colours, font choices, saved Status Messages and the like
10:07 PM Sunday; November 25, 2007

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