Hide Other Open Apps Automatically?

I've used Program Switcher/Keyboard Maestro for years to solve my biggest Mac pet peeve: open windows of other open applications still hanging around in the background as you switch from one app to the other.
I've just recently upgraded to Leopard and I can't seem to get my newly downloaded Keyboard Maestro to perform this simple task for me.
I know I can option-command-h to hide other apps, but that gets old quick. Spaces doesn't look like it'll address the automatic hiding issue either?
Maybe it's just my frustration that such an elegant OS, which has served me so well for going on two decades, could still retain such an annoying little glitch. It seems such an easy fix/add.
Or have I been missing some "Always hide other applications" radio button in System Preferences for all these years?
Any help with tweaks to Leopard or other shareware options would be appreciated.
Thanks!

You might replace Keyboard Maestro with ASM 2.2.4 which includes a feature for using Classic-style window switching (all background windows disappear) and it provides other application switching features.
Another application like Maestro but compatible is QuicKeys. A very extensible launcher, keyboard macros, etc. is QuickSilver. Both are Leopard compatible.
You'll find them at VersionTracker or MacUpdate.

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Just got a new (refurbished) iMac, with 10.8.3 on it. Transferred everyting from my old iMac without a hitch. There's a weird thing happnening, however. Command-Option-H no longer hides others. It seems to cycle through open apps. But only some of them. So right now I'm in Crome and press the shortcut. It switches to the Finder (with everything else hidden). Then with the Finder up front, I press the keys again, and it goes to Calculator, and hides all the others. I press the keys one more time and nothing happens. But the thing is, I have several other apps open, and it doesn't cycle through those.
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Hardware Information:
          iMac (27-inch, Late 2012)
          iMac - model: iMac13,2
          1 3.2 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4 cores
          8 GB RAM
Video Information:
          NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX - VRAM: 1024 MB
Startup Items:
          AdobeVersionCueCS2 - Path: /Library/StartupItems/AdobeVersionCueCS2
          ProTec6b - Path: /Library/StartupItems/ProTec6b
System Software:
          OS X 10.8.4 (12E55) - Uptime: 0 days 12:38:6
Disk Information:
          APPLE HDD ST1000DM003 disk0 : (1 TB)
                    disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 999.35 GB (612.33 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
          Western Digital My Book 111A 2 TB
                    disk2s1 (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 32 KB
                    My Book (disk2s3) /Volumes/My Book: 1 TB (560.49 GB free)
                    Time Machine MyBook (disk2s5) /Volumes/Time Machine MyBook: 999.98 GB (620.97 GB free)
          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
          Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
                    Mitsumi Electric Apple Optical USB Mouse
                    Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
          Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
          com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower          (1.6.2)
          net.telestream.driver.TelestreamAudio          (1.0.5)
Problem System Launch Daemons:
          [failed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.passwordcheck.plist
          [failed] com.apple.coresymbolicationd.plist
          [failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
Problem System Launch Agents:
          [failed] com.apple.accountsd.plist
          [failed] com.apple.AirPlayUIAgent.plist
          [failed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist
          [failed] com.apple.gamed.plist
          [failed] com.apple.printtool.agent.plist
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
          [loaded] com.barebones.authd.plist
          [not loaded] com.barebones.textwrangler.plist
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
          [loaded] com.rogueamoeba.hermes.plist
          [not loaded] org.eyebeam.SelfControl.plist
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist
          [loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [loaded] com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist
User Login Items:
          iTunesHelper
          Spotify
          Dropbox
          Snapz Pro X
          TextExpander 2
          Desktopple
          Cloud
          Google Chrome
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          A Better Finder Preferences
          Adobe Version Cue CS2
          BTTPrefs
          Déjà Vu
          Flash Player
          Flip4Mac WMV
          WacomTablet
Internet Plug-ins:
          AdobeAAMDetect.plugin
          AdobePDFViewer.plugin
          AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin.plugin
          AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin1017277.plugin
          Flash Player.plugin
          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
          googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
          iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
          JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
          npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
          o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
          QuickTime Plugin.plugin
          Silverlight.plugin
          WacomNetscape.plugin
          WacomTabletPlugin.plugin
          Yahoo! Installer.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
          CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin.plugin
Bad Fonts:
          None
Top Processes by CPU:
              15%          firefox
               3%          WindowServer
               1%          Adobe Illustrator
               1%          Skype
               1%          EtreCheck
               1%          Google Chrome
               1%          Adobe Photoshop CS5
               1%          iTunes
               0%          fontd
               0%          DashboardClient
Top Processes by Memory:
          1.03 GB            Adobe Photoshop CS5
          836 MB             firefox
          238 MB             Adobe Illustrator
          213 MB             mds
          172 MB             Google Chrome
          149 MB             Google Chrome Helper
          139 MB             WindowServer
          131 MB             Skype
          131 MB             Finder
          66 MB              iTunes
Virtual Memory Statistics
          152 MB             Free RAM
          3.59 GB            Active RAM
          3.11 GB            Inactive RAM
          1.14 GB            Wired RAM
          4.14 GB            Page-ins
          819 MB             Page-outs

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(MacBook Pro 15” late 2008, OSX Yosemite 10.10.2 installed, no pending updates) computer is running very slow - takes 2-3 minutes to open apps such as Pages, even when no other apps are open. Randomly freezes and becomes unresponsive, requiring forced power down. Randomly logs off. Removed Kodak AIO software via Clean My Mac2, but BonjourAgent still there and requesting access. Cleaned weekly with Clean My Mac2 and running Sophos AntiVirus. 2GB memory installed. Currently 169.99 GB available of 249.2 GB capacity.
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Report generated March 21, 2015 at 11:35:35 AM EDT
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008) (Technical Specifications)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,1
    1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
    2 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
        BANK 0/DIMM1
            1 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
    Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
    Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 59
Video Information: ℹ️
    NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
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    NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software: ℹ️
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        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / : 249.20 GB (168.91 GB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
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USB Information: ℹ️
    Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
    Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
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    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
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    AdBlock
    Disconnect
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    Flash Player [Click for support]
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         1%    loginwindow
         0%    AppleSpell
         0%    SophosUIServer
         0%    SophosAntiVirus
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    101 MB    SophosScanD
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    41 MB    SophosAntiVirus
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    49 MB    Free RAM
    682 MB    Active RAM
    652 MB    Inactive RAM
    315 MB    Wired RAM
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Ciao.

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Application Name:          Photoshop.exe
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Fault Module Version:          2.3.451.0
Fault Module Timestamp:          4cfd9adc
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