Minimize Button Disabled, Icons not clickable

I havent noticed a pattern yet, but at seemingly random times the minimize button on windows will be grayed out and disabled.
Pathfinder has done it several times, and now I've had a TextEdit window do it too. I can "hide" the application via the menu, which will not put the window in the dock, but I can't minimize the window.
Also, I use an external monitor at work, set as the primary display. (spaces is enabled) When I put my mac to sleep and go home, I open it and one of two things happens. It will either reboot immediately, and get hung up in the boot sequence, requiring me to power off manually and restart; or, it will open up fine, but the desktop icon for my harddrive is visible, but can't be selected, and the cursor is something unrecognizable.
Very strange. Anyone got a fix for these?
Thanks.

This is an old old bug that has been around since the early 10.4 days. It has been discussed out here many times but as of yet there is not a clear cut solution. I used to have it happen quite often but it ended for me about the time 10.4.8 came out and I have not had it since. The best theory for it has to do with a cache file becoming corrupted over time. Cleaning the caches seems to clear it up for anywhere from a few days to a few months. It was thought at one time that a third party application called Safari Enhancer was responsible for this happening but that did not turn out to be the case.
Quitting and relaunching the offending application is the only solution and it is temporary. Doing a complete restart of the system will cure it for a couple of days or a couple of weeks. Your mileage may vary on that.
I would also advise that you let Apple know that this bug still exists. You can tell that at the OS X feedback link.

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