Launch pad turns dock auto hide on

On my MacBook Air every time I use launch pad my dock auto hide feature gets turned on. To see my dock again I have to turn auto hide back off. Why is launch pad turning auto hide on? And how do I fix this?

In System Preferences > Dock, do you have "Automatically hide and show the dock" checked? If so, uncheck it.

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You need to look in your user Library/Applications Support/Dock for the .db. Hold down the option key while using the Finder “Go To Folder” command. Enter ~/ Library/Applications Support/Dock. Move the .db to your desktop.
If you prefer to make your user library permanently visible, use the Terminal command found below.
http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/04/show-library-directory-in-mac-os-x-lion/
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http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13952
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